Asha
Terhagachh block · Kishanganj
district, Bihar · PIN 855101
· village code 222257
Population 2011
1,019
Census of India
Population 2020
1,189
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+16.7%
170 people · 1.7% a year
Households
229
+16.2% vs 197 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,019
Male / female
540 / 479
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
887
Children aged 0–6
161
Literacy rate
41.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
40 / 0
Working population
327
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
87.5%
Households
197
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
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
89
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Boys
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
134
Non-farm households
57
Share of households farming, 2020
70%
Net sown area
55 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
55 / 23 / 10
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bhorha panchayat, Terhagachh 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
₹56.95 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.17 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹64.98 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹10.14 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.95 lakh · received ₹7.24 lakh · spent ₹19.87 lakh · left ₹1.32 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹43.00 lakh · received ₹10.93 lakh · spent ₹45.11 lakh · left ₹8.82 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.3964, 87.7829 —
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