Punthar
Narhat block · Nawada
district, Bihar · PIN 805103
· village code 258146
Population 2011
1,747
Census of India
Population 2020
1,774
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+1.6%
27 people · 0.2% a year
Households
245
+3.4% vs 237 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,747
Male / female
922 / 825
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
895
Children aged 0–6
357
Literacy rate
47.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
507 / 0
Working population
350
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
60.3%
Households
237
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
220
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
44
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
160
Non-farm households
85
Share of households farming, 2020
65%
Net sown area
265 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
56 / 23 / 265
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Punthar panchayat, Narhat 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
₹41.62 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.40 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹41.07 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹18.95 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹22.82 lakh · received ₹7.33 lakh · spent ₹24.03 lakh · left ₹6.12 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18.80 lakh · received ₹11.07 lakh · spent ₹17.04 lakh · left ₹12.83 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.8158, 85.4686 —
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