DAMALBARI KHURD
Pothia block · Kishanganj
district, Bihar · PIN 855107
· village code 222629
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 777 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 4,654 — 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
777
Male / female
382 / 395
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,034
Children aged 0–6
156
Literacy rate
25.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
22 / 0
Working population
229
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.1%
Households
156
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 10 km away
No
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 10 km away
No
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
788
Non-farm households
204
Share of households farming, 2020
79%
Net sown area
264 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
264 / 225 / 58
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Damalbari 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
₹29.19 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.73 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹34.97 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹11.96 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.03 lakh · received ₹7.07 lakh · spent ₹10.68 lakh · left ₹8.42 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹17.16 lakh · received ₹10.67 lakh · spent ₹24.29 lakh · left ₹3.54 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.2220, 88.0566 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Kishanganj district ·
School
staffing across Kishanganj ·
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