Paikpara
Thakurganj block · Kishanganj
district, Bihar · PIN 855108
· village code 222491
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 609 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 4,000 — 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
609
Male / female
310 / 299
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
965
Children aged 0–6
149
Literacy rate
44.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
165 / 0
Working population
167
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
91.6%
Households
140
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
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 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 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
559
Teachers
40
Students per teacher
14
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
610
Non-farm households
205
Share of households farming, 2020
75%
Net sown area
200 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
200 / 70 / 63
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Rasia 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
₹24.94 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.25 lakh
Received directly
₹18,666
Spent
₹18.42 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹22.96 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.35 lakh · received ₹6.48 lakh · spent ₹9.50 lakh · left ₹12.51 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹9.59 lakh · received ₹9.78 lakh · spent ₹8.91 lakh · left ₹10.45 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.4324, 88.1323 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Kishanganj district ·
School
staffing across Kishanganj ·
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