Ikra
Dighalbank block · Kishanganj
district, Bihar · PIN 855101
· village code 222337
Population 2011
6,994
Census of India
Population 2020
7,417
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+6.0%
423 people · 0.7% a year
Households
1,621
+10.2% vs 1,471 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
6,994
Male / female
3,609 / 3,385
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
938
Children aged 0–6
1,559
Literacy rate
39.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
577 / 0
Working population
2,059
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
89.5%
Households
1,471
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
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
630
Teachers
17
Students per teacher
37
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,324
Non-farm households
297
Share of households farming, 2020
82%
Net sown area
125 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
125 / 87 / 25
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Ekra panchayat, Dighalbank 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
₹34.09 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.27 lakh
Received directly
₹1.04 lakh
Spent
₹27.12 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹27.27 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.30 lakh · received ₹7.68 lakh · spent ₹18.16 lakh · left ₹1.86 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹22.79 lakh · received ₹11.59 lakh · spent ₹8.96 lakh · left ₹25.42 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.3423, 87.8223 —
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