Dhekipara
Pothia block · Kishanganj
district, Bihar · PIN 855117
· village code 222652
Population 2011
1,831
Census of India
Population 2020
1,842
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+0.6%
11 people · 0.1% a year
Households
376
+0.5% vs 374 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,831
Male / female
954 / 877
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
919
Children aged 0–6
331
Literacy rate
38.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 6
Working population
863
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
81.7%
Households
374
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
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
280
Teachers
9
Students per teacher
31
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
350
Non-farm households
24
Share of households farming, 2020
94%
Net sown area
244 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
244 / 240 / 103
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Panasi 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
₹32.76 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹15.40 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹20.11 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹28.05 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹19.53 lakh · received ₹6.14 lakh · spent ₹14.62 lakh · left ₹11.05 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹13.23 lakh · received ₹9.27 lakh · spent ₹5.49 lakh · left ₹17.00 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.2390, 88.1107 —
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