Kajra
Dhamdaha block · Purnia
district, Bihar · PIN 854304
· village code 223326
Population 2011
4,642
Census of India
Population 2020
6,588
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+41.9%
1,946 people · 4.0% a year
Households
1,520
+48.4% vs 1,024 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,642
Male / female
2,397 / 2,245
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
937
Children aged 0–6
905
Literacy rate
39.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
683 / 260
Working population
2,195
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.5%
Households
1,024
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
800
Teachers
15
Students per teacher
53
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
653
Non-farm households
120
Share of households farming, 2020
84%
Net sown area
705 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
705 / 705 / 5
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Rangpura South panchayat, Dhamdaha 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
₹53.52 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹21.92 lakh
Received directly
₹1.00 lakh
Spent
₹65.75 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹10.69 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.85 lakh · received ₹8.73 lakh · spent ₹21.62 lakh · left ₹96,079
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹40.68 lakh · received ₹13.18 lakh · spent ₹44.13 lakh · left ₹9.73 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.7117, 87.3115 —
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