Riga
Riga block · Sitamarhi
district, Bihar · PIN 843327
· village code 219357
Population 2011
27,518
Census of India
Population 2020
31,721
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+15.3%
4,203 people · 1.6% a year
Households
5,954
+3.3% vs 5,766 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
27,518
Male / female
14,572 / 12,946
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
888
Children aged 0–6
5,188
Literacy rate
46.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
6,415 / 7
Working population
7,753
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
76.6%
Households
5,766
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Riga Second panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
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
340
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
68
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
80
Non-farm households
60
Share of households farming, 2020
57%
Net sown area
432 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
365 / 397 / 432
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Riga Second 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
₹50.29 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹0
Received directly
—
Spent
₹41.76 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹8.54 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹19.22 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹15.28 lakh · left ₹3.94 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹31.07 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹26.47 lakh · left ₹4.60 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.6667, 85.4292 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Sitamarhi district ·
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staffing across Sitamarhi ·
…and across Bihar