Jhala
Terhagachh block · Kishanganj
district, Bihar · PIN 855101
· village code 222261
Population 2011
3,885
Census of India
Population 2020
4,200
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+8.1%
315 people · 0.9% a year
Households
770
+5.8% vs 728 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,885
Male / female
1,957 / 1,928
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
985
Children aged 0–6
844
Literacy rate
36.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
39 / 0
Working population
1,156
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
91.4%
Households
728
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
No
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
340
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
68
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
440
Non-farm households
210
Share of households farming, 2020
68%
Net sown area
91 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
91 / 35 / 1
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Jhala 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
₹55.84 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.93 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹45.42 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹27.36 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹20.66 lakh · received ₹6.75 lakh · spent ₹17.43 lakh · left ₹9.97 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹35.19 lakh · received ₹10.18 lakh · spent ₹27.98 lakh · left ₹17.39 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.3784, 87.6686 —
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