Siswa

Paharpur block · Purbi Champaran district, Bihar · PIN 845422 · village code 218132

Population 2011

14,512

Census of India

Population 2020

15,313

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+5.5%

801 people · 0.6% a year

Households

3,001

+9.8% vs 2,733 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

14,512

Male / female

7,592 / 6,920

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

911

Children aged 0–6

2,612

Literacy rate

47.2%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

1,077 / 39

Working population

5,321

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

90.1%

Households

2,733

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school nearest 2 km away

Piped tap water

<50% habitation covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Van

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 5 km away

Primary health centre

PHC

Anganwadi nearest 5 km away

Internet

Common service centre

Separately located

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

820

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

2,200

Non-farm households

590

Share of households farming, 2020

79%

Net sown area

486 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

486 / 374 / 282

Main irrigation source

Canals

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Siswa East panchayat, Paharpur 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

₹16.69 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹18.24 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹23.71 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹11.22 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹6.01 lakh · received ₹7.27 lakh · spent ₹10.00 lakh · left ₹3.28 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹10.68 lakh · received ₹10.97 lakh · spent ₹13.71 lakh · left ₹7.94 lakh

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

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