Barai
Birni block · Giridih
district, Jharkhand · PIN 825324
· village code 352390
Population 2011
1,528
Census of India
Population 2020
2,545
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+66.6%
1,017 people · 5.8% a year
Households
451
+80.4% vs 250 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,528
Male / female
787 / 741
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
942
Children aged 0–6
266
Literacy rate
53.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
463 / 0
Working population
814
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
83.0%
Households
250
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
CHC
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
180
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
36
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
355
Non-farm households
96
Share of households farming, 2020
79%
Net sown area
73 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
73 / 59 / 12
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Keshodih panchayat, Birni 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
₹15.23 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹8.16 lakh
Received directly
₹65,865
Spent
₹9.74 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹14.31 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.16 lakh · received ₹3.26 lakh · spent ₹4.28 lakh · left ₹3.80 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹11.07 lakh · received ₹4.89 lakh · spent ₹5.46 lakh · left ₹10.50 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.1982, 86.0472 —
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