Pokharia
Forbesganj block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854318
· village code 221590
Population 2011
329
Census of India
Population 2020
408
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+24.0%
79 people · 2.4% a year
Households
75
+19.1% vs 63 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
329
Male / female
167 / 162
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
970
Children aged 0–6
60
Literacy rate
35.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
168
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
99.4%
Households
63
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
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
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
36
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kusamaha 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
₹14.89 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹15.59 lakh
Received directly
₹36,469
Spent
₹23.06 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹7.79 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.49 lakh · received ₹6.21 lakh · spent ₹8.46 lakh · left ₹4.24 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.41 lakh · received ₹9.38 lakh · spent ₹14.60 lakh · left ₹3.55 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.2883, 87.2588 —
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