Pharkia
Raniganj block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854304
· village code 221761
Population 2011
11,823
Census of India
Population 2020
12,830
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+8.5%
1,007 people · 0.9% a year
Households
2,500
+7.6% vs 2,324 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
11,823
Male / female
6,018 / 5,805
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
965
Children aged 0–6
2,735
Literacy rate
34.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
688 / 259
Working population
4,221
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.2%
Households
2,324
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 2 km away
No
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
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
3
Teachers
18
Students per teacher
0
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Girls
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,504
Non-farm households
602
Share of households farming, 2020
71%
Net sown area
700 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
700 / 300 / 105
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Farakia 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
₹31.44 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.48 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹15.88 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹34.04 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.77 lakh · received ₹7.37 lakh · spent ₹3.02 lakh · left ₹12.12 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹23.67 lakh · received ₹11.12 lakh · spent ₹12.86 lakh · left ₹21.93 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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