Sitalpur
Pothia block · Kishanganj
district, Bihar · PIN 855117
· village code 222643
Population 2011
12,110
Census of India
Population 2020
12,176
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+0.6%
66 people · 0.1% a year
Households
2,669
+6.8% vs 2,500 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
12,110
Male / female
6,207 / 5,903
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
951
Children aged 0–6
2,557
Literacy rate
36.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
270 / 318
Working population
4,079
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
81.7%
Households
2,500
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
2,018
Teachers
50
Students per teacher
40
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
2,350
Non-farm households
210
Share of households farming, 2020
92%
Net sown area
970 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
244 / 970 / 100
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Shitalpur 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
₹41.66 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.93 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹30.12 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹30.48 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹22.86 lakh · received ₹7.54 lakh · spent ₹15.71 lakh · left ₹14.70 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18.80 lakh · received ₹11.39 lakh · spent ₹14.41 lakh · left ₹15.78 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.2883, 88.1632 —
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