Burhnai
Pothia block · Kishanganj
district, Bihar · PIN 855117
· village code 222528
Population 2011
9,302
Census of India
Population 2020
11,000
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+18.3%
1,698 people · 1.9% a year
Households
1,900
+6.0% vs 1,792 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
9,302
Male / female
4,783 / 4,519
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
945
Children aged 0–6
1,872
Literacy rate
38.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
378 / 1,202
Working population
2,914
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.5%
Households
1,792
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 nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 5 km away
No
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
1,700
Teachers
50
Students per teacher
34
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,550
Non-farm households
300
Share of households farming, 2020
84%
Net sown area
650 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
650 / 541 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Budhnai panchayat, Pothia 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
₹38.03 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.78 lakh
Received directly
₹42,505
Spent
₹23.54 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹35.70 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹24.34 lakh · received ₹8.28 lakh · spent ₹10.46 lakh · left ₹22.58 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹13.69 lakh · received ₹12.50 lakh · spent ₹13.07 lakh · left ₹13.11 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.3243, 88.1303 —
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