Dhowabari
Kursakanta block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854331
· village code 221905
Population 2011
3,721
Census of India
Population 2020
3,891
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+4.6%
170 people · 0.5% a year
Households
740
+3.9% vs 712 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,721
Male / female
1,913 / 1,808
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
945
Children aged 0–6
854
Literacy rate
35.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
264 / 4
Working population
1,219
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.7%
Households
712
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre
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
106
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
35
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
660
Non-farm households
75
Share of households farming, 2020
90%
Net sown area
118 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
118 / 59 / 20
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kursa Kanta panchayat, Kursakanta 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
₹21.96 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹22.56 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹35.01 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹9.51 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.62 lakh · received ₹8.99 lakh · spent ₹20.62 lakh · left ₹1.99 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.34 lakh · received ₹13.57 lakh · spent ₹14.40 lakh · left ₹7.52 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.3604, 87.4539 —
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How this village compares
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staffing across Araria ·
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