Pikora

Gaur block · Basti district, Uttar Pradesh · PIN 272163 · village code 179456

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,183 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 298 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

1,183

Male / female

598 / 585

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

978

Children aged 0–6

164

Literacy rate

65.5%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

277 / 0

Working population

304

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

79.6%

Households

187

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school nearest 1 km away

Middle school nearest 2 km away

High school nearest 2 km away

Piped tap water nearest 5 km away

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank nearest 2 km away

Primary health centre nearest 2 km away

Anganwadi nearest 1 km away

Internet

Common service centre

No CSC

Farming

Farm households

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

91%

Net sown area

45 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

45 / 26 / 9

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Kuchrupur panchayat, Gaur 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

₹3.61 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹5.62 lakh

Received directly

₹8,302

Spent

₹7.91 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹1.40 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹1.08 lakh · received ₹2.25 lakh · spent ₹2.01 lakh · left ₹1.40 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹2.53 lakh · received ₹3.37 lakh · spent ₹5.90 lakh · left ₹372

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

Location

26.8829, 82.6225 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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