Jio Pokhar
Thakurganj block · Kishanganj
district, Bihar · PIN 855108
· village code 222468
Population 2011
2,537
Census of India
Population 2020
2,548
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+0.4%
11 people · 0.0% a year
Households
485
+0.4% vs 483 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,537
Male / female
1,248 / 1,289
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,033
Children aged 0–6
637
Literacy rate
27.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
18 / 6
Working population
893
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.2%
Households
483
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
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
102
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
20
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
338
Non-farm households
145
Share of households farming, 2020
70%
Net sown area
56 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
56 / 30 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bandarjhula 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
₹55.59 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.82 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹50.73 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹25.69 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹27.54 lakh · received ₹8.29 lakh · spent ₹30.83 lakh · left ₹5.01 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹28.05 lakh · received ₹12.52 lakh · spent ₹19.90 lakh · left ₹20.67 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.3604, 87.9767 —
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