Paik Tola

Araria block · Araria district, Bihar · PIN 854312 · village code 221870

Population 2011

7,881

Census of India

Population 2020

8,893

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+12.8%

1,012 people · 1.4% a year

Households

1,922

+12.8% vs 1,704 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

7,881

Male / female

4,077 / 3,804

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

933

Children aged 0–6

1,593

Literacy rate

34.6%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

977 / 12

Working population

3,206

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

93.1%

Households

1,704

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

50 to 100% habitations covered

All-weather road nearest 2 km away

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

CHC

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

600

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

1,530

Non-farm households

382

Share of households farming, 2020

80%

Net sown area

303 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

303 / 162 / 42

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Paiktola panchayat, Araria 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

₹33.16 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹24.22 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹41.16 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹16.22 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹17.68 lakh · received ₹9.65 lakh · spent ₹20.38 lakh · left ₹6.95 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹15.47 lakh · received ₹14.57 lakh · spent ₹20.77 lakh · left ₹9.27 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

26.0901, 87.4716 — view on OpenStreetMap

Nearby villages

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How this village compares

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