Dharmeshwar Gachh
Jokihat block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854329
· village code 222116
Population 2011
2,593
Census of India
Population 2020
3,410
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+31.5%
817 people · 3.1% a year
Households
742
+34.2% vs 553 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,593
Male / female
1,349 / 1,244
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
922
Children aged 0–6
518
Literacy rate
53.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
683 / 1
Working population
908
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
80.4%
Households
553
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
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
175
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
44
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
None
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
409
Non-farm households
167
Share of households farming, 2020
71%
Net sown area
102 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
102 / 95 / 3
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kesarara panchayat, Jokihat 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
₹57.11 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.96 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹36.46 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹39.60 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹20.37 lakh · received ₹7.55 lakh · spent ₹13.10 lakh · left ₹14.82 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹36.74 lakh · received ₹11.40 lakh · spent ₹23.36 lakh · left ₹24.78 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.1261, 87.6190 —
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