Jagir Gachh
Pothia block · Kishanganj
district, Bihar · PIN 855117
· village code 222542
Population 2011
432
Census of India
Population 2020
510
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+18.1%
78 people · 1.9% a year
Households
95
+8.0% vs 88 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
432
Male / female
231 / 201
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
870
Children aged 0–6
59
Literacy rate
52.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 96
Working population
177
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
98.3%
Households
88
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
76
Non-farm households
19
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
65 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
65 / 61 / 4
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, 88.1906 —
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