Pokharia
Narpatganj block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854316
· village code 221475
Population 2011
248
Census of India
Population 2020
336
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+35.5%
88 people · 3.4% a year
Households
84
+61.5% vs 52 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
248
Male / female
124 / 124
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,000
Children aged 0–6
72
Literacy rate
1.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
246 / 1
Working population
122
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
100.0%
Households
52
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
208
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
42
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
49
Non-farm households
35
Share of households farming, 2020
58%
Net sown area
17 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
17 / 10 / 7
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sonapur panchayat, Narpatganj 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
₹69.90 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹24.84 lakh
Received directly
₹1.66 lakh
Spent
₹67.88 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹28.53 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹44.68 lakh · received ₹9.90 lakh · spent ₹29.47 lakh · left ₹25.10 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹25.23 lakh · received ₹14.94 lakh · spent ₹38.40 lakh · left ₹3.43 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.3885, 87.2027 —
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