Karankia
Raniganj block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854312
· village code 221755
Population 2011
4,272
Census of India
Population 2020
4,676
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+9.5%
404 people · 1.0% a year
Households
967
+8.4% vs 892 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,272
Male / female
2,195 / 2,077
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
946
Children aged 0–6
925
Literacy rate
38.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
726 / 278
Working population
1,450
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.5%
Households
892
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 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
793
Teachers
13
Students per teacher
61
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
372
Non-farm households
183
Share of households farming, 2020
67%
Net sown area
133 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
111 / 133 / 7
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dhobinia panchayat, Raniganj 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
₹60.07 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.73 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹20.47 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹57.32 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹25.74 lakh · received ₹7.06 lakh · spent ₹3.03 lakh · left ₹29.77 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹34.33 lakh · received ₹10.67 lakh · spent ₹17.44 lakh · left ₹27.55 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.0901, 87.2509 —
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