Dostia
Sonbarsa block · Sitamarhi
district, Bihar · PIN 843330
· village code 219087
Population 2011
6,852
Census of India
Population 2020
8,355
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+21.9%
1,503 people · 2.2% a year
Households
1,560
+6.0% vs 1,471 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
6,852
Male / female
3,600 / 3,252
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
903
Children aged 0–6
1,396
Literacy rate
41.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,036 / 0
Working population
2,216
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
74.8%
Households
1,471
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
485
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
69
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,023
Non-farm households
292
Share of households farming, 2020
78%
Net sown area
467 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
467 / 395 / 52
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dostiya panchayat, Sonbarsa 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
₹37.08 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.87 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹39.51 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹17.43 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹18.91 lakh · received ₹7.92 lakh · spent ₹9.40 lakh · left ₹17.43 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18.17 lakh · received ₹11.95 lakh · spent ₹30.12 lakh · left ₹572
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.7748, 85.5709 —
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