Jirangachh
Thakurganj block · Kishanganj
district, Bihar · PIN 855116
· village code 222428
Population 2011
14,241
Census of India
Population 2020
14,525
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+2.0%
284 people · 0.2% a year
Households
2,792
+0.2% vs 2,786 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
14,241
Male / female
7,173 / 7,068
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
985
Children aged 0–6
3,084
Literacy rate
36.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
545 / 541
Working population
4,502
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
93.4%
Households
2,786
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
only one habitation is covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 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
700
Teachers
12
Students per teacher
58
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
1,876
Non-farm households
910
Share of households farming, 2020
67%
Net sown area
323 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
0 / 323 / 122
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Jiran Gachh panchayat, Thakurganj 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
₹45.73 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹22.27 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹61.33 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹6.67 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹30.87 lakh · received ₹8.87 lakh · spent ₹33.35 lakh · left ₹6.40 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹14.86 lakh · received ₹13.39 lakh · spent ₹27.98 lakh · left ₹27,585
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.2977, 88.0325 —
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