Aranda

Obra block · Aurangabad district, Bihar · PIN 824124 · village code 253309

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,663 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 905 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

1,663

Male / female

894 / 769

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

860

Children aged 0–6

313

Literacy rate

67.2%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

466 / 0

Working population

545

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

77.6%

Households

263

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school nearest 1 km away

Middle school

Yes

High school

Piped tap water

50 to 100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre nearest 5 km away

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Common service centre

No CSC

Farming

Farm households

130

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

87%

Net sown area

241 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

241 / 241 / 0

Main irrigation source

Canals

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for U.B. panchayat, Obra zila parishad. These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.

Opening balance

₹39.33 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹17.46 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹37.21 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹19.58 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹5.48 lakh · received ₹6.96 lakh · spent ₹5.86 lakh · left ₹6.58 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹33.85 lakh · received ₹10.50 lakh · spent ₹31.35 lakh · left ₹13.00 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

24.9009, 84.3852 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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