Rain Shankar
Runnisaidpur block · Sitamarhi
district, Bihar · PIN 843328
· village code 219497
Population 2011
1,663
Census of India
Population 2020
1,792
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+7.8%
129 people · 0.8% a year
Households
386
-1.5% vs 392 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,663
Male / female
876 / 787
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
898
Children aged 0–6
295
Literacy rate
47.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
321 / 0
Working population
694
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
81.3%
Households
392
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
128
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
26
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
55
Non-farm households
43
Share of households farming, 2020
56%
Net sown area
5 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
4 / 4 / 5
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kharka panchayat, Runnisaidpur 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
₹18.90 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.69 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹25.88 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹10.71 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.52 lakh · received ₹7.05 lakh · spent ₹8.54 lakh · left ₹6.02 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹11.38 lakh · received ₹10.64 lakh · spent ₹17.34 lakh · left ₹4.69 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.4144, 85.4629 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Sitamarhi district ·
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staffing across Sitamarhi ·
…and across Bihar