Kathua
Purnia East block · Purnia
district, Bihar · PIN 854337
· village code 223508
Population 2011
5,075
Census of India
Population 2020
6,390
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+25.9%
1,315 people · 2.6% a year
Households
1,000
+6.4% vs 940 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,075
Male / female
2,677 / 2,398
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
896
Children aged 0–6
1,134
Literacy rate
38.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
43 / 1,375
Working population
1,672
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
73.9%
Households
940
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
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
546
Teachers
19
Students per teacher
29
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
430
Non-farm households
205
Share of households farming, 2020
68%
Net sown area
228 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
228 / 200 / 100
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Rajiganj 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
₹80.04 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹22.61 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹71.79 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹30.86 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹20.48 lakh · received ₹9.01 lakh · spent ₹12.69 lakh · left ₹16.80 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹59.55 lakh · received ₹13.60 lakh · spent ₹59.10 lakh · left ₹14.05 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.7477, 87.5580 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Purnia district ·
School
staffing across Purnia ·
…and across Bihar