Kachnahar
Jokihat block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854325
· village code 222205
Population 2011
949
Census of India
Population 2020
1,491
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+57.1%
542 people · 5.1% a year
Households
271
+51.4% vs 179 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
949
Male / female
501 / 448
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
894
Children aged 0–6
201
Literacy rate
42.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
36 / 0
Working population
298
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
99.0%
Households
179
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school
Yes
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 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
Farming
Farm households
198
Non-farm households
73
Share of households farming, 2020
73%
Net sown area
130 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
130 / 122 / 72
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chaukata 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
₹47.35 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.14 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹24.50 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹42.98 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹16.49 lakh · received ₹8.03 lakh · spent ₹10.10 lakh · left ₹14.41 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹30.86 lakh · received ₹12.12 lakh · spent ₹14.40 lakh · left ₹28.57 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.0180, 87.6183 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Araria district ·
School
staffing across Araria ·
…and across Bihar