Kalidas

Pothia block · Kishanganj district, Bihar · PIN 855117 · village code 222541

Population 2011

3,097

Census of India

Population 2020

3,497

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+12.9%

400 people · 1.4% a year

Households

630

+2.3% vs 616 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

3,097

Male / female

1,578 / 1,519

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

963

Children aged 0–6

670

Literacy rate

47.9%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

23 / 514

Working population

1,240

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

70.9%

Households

616

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school nearest 2 km away

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 nearest 10 km away

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

Common service centre

No CSC

Farming

Farm households

501

Non-farm households

125

Share of households farming, 2020

80%

Net sown area

365 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

365 / 360 / 5

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Gorukhal 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

₹24.61 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹19.05 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹31.23 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹12.44 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹11.71 lakh · received ₹7.59 lakh · spent ₹9.60 lakh · left ₹9.70 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹12.90 lakh · received ₹11.46 lakh · spent ₹21.63 lakh · left ₹2.73 lakh

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

Location

26.3243, 88.1705 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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