Ikra
Raniganj block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854312
· village code 221760
Population 2011
2,812
Census of India
Population 2020
2,900
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+3.1%
88 people · 0.3% a year
Households
600
+5.1% vs 571 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,812
Male / female
1,464 / 1,348
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
921
Children aged 0–6
694
Literacy rate
27.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
108 / 266
Working population
977
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.3%
Households
571
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
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
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
350
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
70
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
320
Non-farm households
130
Share of households farming, 2020
71%
Net sown area
270 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
220 / 270 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Ghaghri 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
₹48.84 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹21.76 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹34.51 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹36.08 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹18.40 lakh · received ₹8.67 lakh · spent ₹12.69 lakh · left ₹14.38 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹30.44 lakh · received ₹13.09 lakh · spent ₹21.82 lakh · left ₹21.70 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.0180, 87.3978 —
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