Arai
Sarath block · Deoghar
district, Jharkhand · PIN 815353
· village code 354998
Population 2011
478
Census of India
Population 2020
620
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+29.7%
142 people · 2.9% a year
Households
82
+12.3% vs 73 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
478
Male / female
246 / 232
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
943
Children aged 0–6
119
Literacy rate
24.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
125 / 66
Working population
143
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.9%
Households
73
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
127
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
64
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
35
Non-farm households
35
Share of households farming, 2020
50%
Net sown area
20 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
20 / 14 / 0
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kairabank panchayat, Sarath 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
₹29.76 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.89 lakh
Received directly
₹66,580
Spent
₹27.67 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹14.64 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.12 lakh · received ₹4.75 lakh · spent ₹8.87 lakh · left ₹2.68 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹23.63 lakh · received ₹7.13 lakh · spent ₹18.80 lakh · left ₹11.96 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.1982, 86.7583 —
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