Pokharia
Kasba block · Purnia
district, Bihar · PIN 854330
· village code 223565
Population 2011
1,093
Census of India
Population 2020
1,340
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+22.6%
247 people · 2.3% a year
Households
320
+36.8% vs 234 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,093
Male / female
585 / 508
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
868
Children aged 0–6
217
Literacy rate
43.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
6 / 0
Working population
444
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
98.4%
Households
234
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 1 km away
No
Internet
Yes
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
225
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
56
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
187
Non-farm households
88
Share of households farming, 2020
68%
Net sown area
40 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
37 / 40 / 4
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sanjheli panchayat, Kasba 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
₹63.66 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹24.16 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹70.13 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹17.69 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.04 lakh · received ₹9.63 lakh · spent ₹19.04 lakh · left ₹5.63 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹48.61 lakh · received ₹14.53 lakh · spent ₹51.09 lakh · left ₹12.06 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.8559, 87.5378 —
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