Paraia
Sikty block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854333
· village code 221992
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 9,998 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 2,045 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
9,998
Male / female
5,190 / 4,808
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
926
Children aged 0–6
2,060
Literacy rate
34.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
818 / 2
Working population
3,610
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.0%
Households
1,988
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 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
176
Teachers
10
Students per teacher
18
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
401
Non-farm households
107
Share of households farming, 2020
79%
Net sown area
210 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
210 / 210 / 50
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kauakoh panchayat, Sikty 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
₹38.88 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.62 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹46.64 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹9.86 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹16.04 lakh · received ₹7.02 lakh · spent ₹15.00 lakh · left ₹8.06 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹22.84 lakh · received ₹10.60 lakh · spent ₹31.64 lakh · left ₹1.80 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.3645, 87.5208 —
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Nearby villages
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Araria district ·
School
staffing across Araria ·
…and across Bihar