About Noorserai

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Sarthak Ray | October 19, 2012




Noorserai is one of the 20 blocks of Nalanda district.

Area: 12,485 hectares

Agricultural land: 10,872 hectares

Topography: Fertile, alluvial soil

Irrigation: 60 percent of the land is irrigated

Population : 1,37,250 (2001 census)

                    SCs : 22 percent

Panchayats: 17

                     Revenue villages: 62  

                     Ward members: 230

                     Members in the block panchayat samiti: 23

Education infrastructure: 2 colleges

                                        8 high schools

                                        45 middle schools

                                        73 primary schools

Health infrastructure: One PHC, Two additional PHCs

                                    Health sub-centre: 28

Poverty: 17,071 BPL households

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