Siswa
Jokihat block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854329
· village code 222157
Population 2011
1,835
Census of India
Population 2020
2,670
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+45.5%
835 people · 4.3% a year
Households
437
+8.7% vs 402 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,835
Male / female
964 / 871
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
904
Children aged 0–6
423
Literacy rate
36.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
45 / 0
Working population
554
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
71.3%
Households
402
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
170
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
43
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
0
Net sown area
20 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
20 / 10 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bara Istambarar 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
₹32.72 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.30 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹30.61 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹21.40 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹22.53 lakh · received ₹7.69 lakh · spent ₹14.49 lakh · left ₹15.72 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹10.19 lakh · received ₹11.61 lakh · spent ₹16.12 lakh · left ₹5.68 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.1441, 87.6124 —
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