Pokharia
Purnia East block · Purnia
district, Bihar · PIN 854326
· village code 223505
Population 2011
4,291
Census of India
Population 2020
5,954
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+38.8%
1,663 people · 3.7% a year
Households
1,125
+44.6% vs 778 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,291
Male / female
2,241 / 2,050
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
915
Children aged 0–6
931
Literacy rate
38.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
38 / 0
Working population
1,128
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
82.3%
Households
778
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
CHC
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
200
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
40
Electricity
No
Toilets
Boys
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
725
Non-farm households
399
Share of households farming, 2020
65%
Net sown area
183 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
183 / 183 / 91
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Birpur panchayat, Purnia East 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
₹47.76 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.77 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹53.97 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹12.56 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.27 lakh · received ₹7.48 lakh · spent ₹15.57 lakh · left ₹4.18 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹35.49 lakh · received ₹11.29 lakh · spent ₹38.40 lakh · left ₹8.38 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.7838, 87.5046 —
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