Punaul
Narhat block · Nawada
district, Bihar · PIN 805103
· village code 258181
Population 2011
4,461
Census of India
Population 2020
5,506
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+23.4%
1,045 people · 2.4% a year
Households
1,032
+32.1% vs 781 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,461
Male / female
2,250 / 2,211
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
983
Children aged 0–6
776
Literacy rate
44.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
743 / 0
Working population
2,517
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
78.8%
Households
781
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
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
3,000
Teachers
9
Students per teacher
333
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
None
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
570
Non-farm households
350
Share of households farming, 2020
62%
Net sown area
1,100 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1,100 / 1,100 / 1,100
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Punaul 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
₹24.04 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.44 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹38.41 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹3.07 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.67 lakh · received ₹6.95 lakh · spent ₹11.62 lakh · left ₹3.00 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹16.37 lakh · received ₹10.49 lakh · spent ₹26.79 lakh · left ₹7,033
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.8108, 85.4354 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Nawada district ·
School
staffing across Nawada ·
…and across Bihar