Barkumba
Palasi block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854329
· village code 222043
Population 2011
1,489
Census of India
Population 2020
2,188
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+46.9%
699 people · 4.4% a year
Households
551
+108.7% vs 264 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,489
Male / female
728 / 761
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,045
Children aged 0–6
300
Literacy rate
41.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
481
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
76.9%
Households
264
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
320
Non-farm households
228
Share of households farming, 2020
58%
Net sown area
128 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
128 / 127 / 1
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Barahkumba panchayat, Palasi 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
₹14.05 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.54 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹20.31 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹12.29 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.92 lakh · received ₹7.39 lakh · spent ₹12.58 lakh · left ₹7.73 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹1.13 lakh · received ₹11.15 lakh · spent ₹7.72 lakh · left ₹4.56 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.2093, 87.6718 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Araria district ·
School
staffing across Araria ·
…and across Bihar