Sohagmara

Sikty block · Araria district, Bihar · PIN 854333 · village code 222000

Population 2011

1,660

Census of India

Population 2020

2,577

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+55.2%

917 people · 5.0% a year

Households

543

+48.0% vs 367 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

1,660

Male / female

878 / 782

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

891

Children aged 0–6

271

Literacy rate

55.7%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

54 / 0

Working population

613

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

89.9%

Households

367

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

50 to 100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport nearest 1 km away

Electricity

1-4 hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre nearest 2 km away

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

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

722

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

185

Non-farm households

317

Share of households farming, 2020

37%

Net sown area

154 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

154 / 150 / 4

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Dedhua 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

₹20.31 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹18.35 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹17.03 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹21.63 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹6.96 lakh · received ₹7.31 lakh · spent ₹7.83 lakh · left ₹6.44 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹13.35 lakh · received ₹11.04 lakh · spent ₹9.20 lakh · left ₹15.19 lakh

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

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