Dongra
Pothia block · Kishanganj
district, Bihar · PIN 855117
· village code 222583
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,062 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 13,703 — 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
1,062
Male / female
555 / 507
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
914
Children aged 0–6
215
Literacy rate
50.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
255
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
87.1%
Households
192
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
CHC
Anganwadi
Yes
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
174
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
87
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
None
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
745
Non-farm households
325
Share of households farming, 2020
70%
Net sown area
340 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
340 / 340 / 4
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Naukatta 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
₹28.40 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹21.31 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹26.70 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹23.01 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.57 lakh · received ₹8.49 lakh · spent ₹14.98 lakh · left ₹8.08 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹13.82 lakh · received ₹12.82 lakh · spent ₹11.72 lakh · left ₹14.92 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.3243, 88.1705 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Kishanganj district ·
School
staffing across Kishanganj ·
…and across Bihar