Ekraha
Banmankhi block · Purnia
district, Bihar · PIN 854202
· village code 222990
Population 2011
7,713
Census of India
Population 2020
8,050
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+4.4%
337 people · 0.5% a year
Households
1,548
+3.1% vs 1,501 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
7,713
Male / female
3,946 / 3,767
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
955
Children aged 0–6
1,601
Literacy rate
34.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
930 / 19
Working population
2,968
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
85.4%
Households
1,501
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
No
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
100
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
17
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
50
Non-farm households
20
Share of households farming, 2020
71%
Net sown area
894 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
894 / 660 / 375
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sahoriya Subhay Milik panchayat, Banmankhi 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
₹96.22 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹23.13 lakh
Received directly
₹2.16 lakh
Spent
₹92.07 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹29.44 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹44.70 lakh · received ₹9.21 lakh · spent ₹47.63 lakh · left ₹8.45 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹51.53 lakh · received ₹13.91 lakh · spent ₹44.45 lakh · left ₹20.99 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.7714, 87.4757 —
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