Koskapur
Raniganj block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854334
· village code 221799
Population 2011
18,835
Census of India
Population 2020
18,840
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+0.0%
5 people · 0.0% a year
Households
3,471
+0.1% vs 3,469 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
18,835
Male / female
9,934 / 8,901
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
896
Children aged 0–6
3,719
Literacy rate
40.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
3,591 / 940
Working population
9,426
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.1%
Households
3,469
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Koskapur North panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
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
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
1,268
Teachers
15
Students per teacher
85
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
728
Non-farm households
452
Share of households farming, 2020
62%
Net sown area
2,817 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2,817 / 1,879 / 11
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Koskapur North 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
₹1.20 crore
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.48 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹27.41 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹1.10 crore
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹32.98 lakh · received ₹6.97 lakh · spent ₹0 · left ₹39.95 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹86.79 lakh · received ₹10.52 lakh · spent ₹27.41 lakh · left ₹69.90 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.0721, 87.2375 —
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