Posua Patania

Riga block · Sitamarhi district, Bihar · PIN 843327 · village code 219349

Population 2011

6,387

Census of India

Population 2020

6,870

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+7.6%

483 people · 0.8% a year

Households

1,345

+4.1% vs 1,292 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

6,387

Male / female

3,356 / 3,031

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

903

Children aged 0–6

1,368

Literacy rate

35.0%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

985 / 1

Working population

2,044

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

80.3%

Households

1,292

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school nearest 5 km away

Piped tap water

50 to 100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank nearest 5 km away

Primary health centre

PHC

Anganwadi

Yes

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

185

Teachers

Students per teacher

185

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

1,260

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

96%

Net sown area

85 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

85 / 60 / 20

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Posua Patania panchayat, Riga 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

₹22.02 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹16.35 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹30.24 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹8.13 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹11.86 lakh · received ₹6.51 lakh · spent ₹18.28 lakh · left ₹9,205

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹10.17 lakh · received ₹9.83 lakh · spent ₹11.96 lakh · left ₹8.04 lakh

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

Location

26.6667, 85.4292 — view on OpenStreetMap

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