Saren

Makhdumpur block · Jehanabad district, Bihar · PIN 804427 · village code 260517

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 14,073 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 4,000 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

14,073

Male / female

7,352 / 6,721

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

914

Children aged 0–6

2,474

Literacy rate

56.3%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

2,458 / 13

Working population

3,795

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

39.5%

Households

2,334

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school nearest 2 km away

Middle school nearest 1 km away

High school nearest 1 km away

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 2 km away

Primary health centre nearest 2 km away

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Common service centre

No CSC

Farming

Farm households

480

Non-farm households

120

Share of households farming, 2020

80%

Net sown area

460 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

460 / 455 / 25

Main irrigation source

Other

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for W. Saren panchayat, Makhdumpur 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

₹17.66 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹10.78 lakh

Received directly

₹28,582

Spent

₹20.82 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹7.91 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹10.80 lakh · received ₹4.30 lakh · spent ₹10.67 lakh · left ₹4.71 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹6.86 lakh · received ₹6.49 lakh · spent ₹10.15 lakh · left ₹3.20 lakh

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

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