Sita Jhari
Pothia block · Kishanganj
district, Bihar · PIN 855117
· village code 222642
Population 2011
1,291
Census of India
Population 2020
1,299
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+0.6%
8 people · 0.1% a year
Households
254
0.0% vs 254 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,291
Male / female
675 / 616
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
913
Children aged 0–6
241
Literacy rate
36.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 6
Working population
383
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.1%
Households
254
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
128
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
18
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
235
Non-farm households
19
Share of households farming, 2020
93%
Net sown area
55 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
45 / 41 / 55
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Paharkatta 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
₹23.38 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.04 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹20.99 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹19.43 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.15 lakh · received ₹6.79 lakh · spent ₹10.96 lakh · left ₹6.97 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹12.23 lakh · received ₹10.25 lakh · spent ₹10.02 lakh · left ₹12.46 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
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