Pahleja

Kaler block · Arwal district, Bihar · PIN 804428 · village code 260711

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 6,106 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 3,150 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

6,106

Male / female

3,124 / 2,982

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

955

Children aged 0–6

1,147

Literacy rate

56.1%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

2,361 / 0

Working population

2,139

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

82.7%

Households

1,025

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water nearest 10 km away

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

1-4 hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

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

100

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Girls

Computer lab

Playground

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

600

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

95%

Net sown area

2 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

2 / 2 / 2

Main irrigation source

Canals

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Pahleja Panchayat panchayat, Kaler 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

₹12.42 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹15.32 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹25.61 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹2.13 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹3.09 lakh · received ₹6.11 lakh · spent ₹8.23 lakh · left ₹96,760

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹9.33 lakh · received ₹9.22 lakh · spent ₹17.38 lakh · left ₹1.16 lakh

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

Location

25.1525, 84.5631 — view on OpenStreetMap

Nearby villages

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How this village compares

Biggest population changes in Arwal district · School staffing across Arwal · …and across Bihar