Kajha

Krityanand Nagar block · Purnia district, Bihar · PIN 854304 · village code 223405

Population 2011

14,713

Census of India

Population 2020

18,502

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+25.8%

3,789 people · 2.6% a year

Households

3,100

+4.5% vs 2,967 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

14,713

Male / female

7,637 / 7,076

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

927

Children aged 0–6

2,701

Literacy rate

48.1%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

4,228 / 290

Working population

6,057

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

79.1%

Households

2,967

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

50 to 100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

PHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

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

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

2,500

Non-farm households

600

Share of households farming, 2020

81%

Net sown area

700 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

500 / 700 / 300

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Kajha panchayat, Krityanand Nagar 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

₹53.25 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹23.14 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹40.28 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹36.10 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹10.89 lakh · received ₹9.22 lakh · spent ₹7.86 lakh · left ₹12.25 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹42.36 lakh · received ₹13.92 lakh · spent ₹32.43 lakh · left ₹23.85 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

25.7658, 87.3512 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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