Paikdara

Kursakanta block · Araria district, Bihar · PIN 854332 · village code 221935

Population 2011

1,999

Census of India

Population 2020

2,090

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+4.5%

91 people · 0.5% a year

Households

416

+4.0% vs 400 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

1,999

Male / female

1,041 / 958

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

920

Children aged 0–6

374

Literacy rate

51.0%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

543 / 32

Working population

724

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

96.5%

Households

400

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school nearest 5 km away

Piped tap water nearest 2 km away

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 5 km away

Primary health centre

PHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

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

262

Teachers

Students per teacher

131

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

370

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

94%

Net sown area

167 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

167 / 84 / 28

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Siktia 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

₹24.83 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹19.08 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹34.32 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹9.59 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹16.31 lakh · received ₹7.60 lakh · spent ₹21.82 lakh · left ₹2.09 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹8.52 lakh · received ₹11.48 lakh · spent ₹12.50 lakh · left ₹7.50 lakh

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

Location

26.3423, 87.4403 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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