Dhobha
Runnisaidpur block · Sitamarhi
district, Bihar · PIN 843117
· village code 219540
Population 2011
707
Census of India
Population 2020
1,035
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+46.4%
328 people · 4.3% a year
Households
230
+17.9% vs 195 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
707
Male / female
380 / 327
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
861
Children aged 0–6
156
Literacy rate
53.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
311 / 0
Working population
189
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.3%
Households
195
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
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
172
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
43
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
None
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
100
Non-farm households
125
Share of households farming, 2020
44%
Net sown area
60 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
56 / 50 / 60
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Mahesha Farakpur 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
₹33.52 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.67 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹43.92 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹10.27 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.93 lakh · received ₹8.24 lakh · spent ₹20.07 lakh · left ₹3.10 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18.59 lakh · received ₹12.44 lakh · spent ₹23.86 lakh · left ₹7.17 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.3964, 85.5300 —
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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