Posdaha
Narpatganj block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854316
· village code 221514
Population 2011
7,923
Census of India
Population 2020
8,795
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.0%
872 people · 1.2% a year
Households
1,786
+16.6% vs 1,532 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
7,923
Male / female
4,149 / 3,774
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
910
Children aged 0–6
1,630
Literacy rate
31.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,669 / 61
Working population
3,542
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
93.3%
Households
1,532
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 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
180
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
36
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
35
Non-farm households
90
Share of households farming, 2020
28%
Net sown area
0 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
0 / 0 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Posdaha 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
₹72.49 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.78 lakh
Received directly
₹1.55 lakh
Spent
₹47.40 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹45.42 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹25.88 lakh · received ₹7.48 lakh · spent ₹22.64 lakh · left ₹10.72 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹46.61 lakh · received ₹11.30 lakh · spent ₹24.75 lakh · left ₹34.71 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.3423, 87.1588 —
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