Kharudah

Thakurganj block · Kishanganj district, Bihar · PIN 855107 · village code 222438

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 935 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 2,429 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

935

Male / female

473 / 462

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

977

Children aged 0–6

171

Literacy rate

41.4%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

0 / 0

Working population

259

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

96.9%

Households

171

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank nearest 10 km away

Primary health centre

PHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

Common service centre

Separately located

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

999

Teachers

Students per teacher

125

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

198

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

67%

Net sown area

260 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

260 / 78 / 21

Main irrigation source

Other

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Kharudah 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

₹40.96 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹16.62 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹46.98 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹10.60 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹18.62 lakh · received ₹6.62 lakh · spent ₹19.77 lakh · left ₹5.47 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹22.34 lakh · received ₹10.00 lakh · spent ₹27.21 lakh · left ₹5.12 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

26.2523, 88.0152 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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