Sirsia
Forbesganj block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854318
· village code 221549
Population 2011
1,667
Census of India
Population 2020
2,113
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+26.8%
446 people · 2.7% a year
Households
350
+27.3% vs 275 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,667
Male / female
862 / 805
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
934
Children aged 0–6
335
Literacy rate
46.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
625 / 0
Working population
647
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
86.9%
Households
275
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
221
Non-farm households
129
Share of households farming, 2020
63%
Net sown area
150 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
150 / 110 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pothia panchayat, Forbesganj 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
₹27.18 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.09 lakh
Received directly
₹33.01 lakh
Spent
₹35.37 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹42.91 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.27 lakh · received ₹7.21 lakh · spent ₹12.46 lakh · left ₹15.64 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹17.92 lakh · received ₹10.88 lakh · spent ₹22.91 lakh · left ₹27.27 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.3604, 86.8104 —
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