Simalia
Amour block · Purnia
district, Bihar · PIN 854315
· village code 223687
Population 2011
2,285
Census of India
Population 2020
2,883
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+26.2%
598 people · 2.6% a year
Households
532
+23.1% vs 432 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,285
Male / female
1,197 / 1,088
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
909
Children aged 0–6
500
Literacy rate
30.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
184 / 0
Working population
575
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
93.7%
Households
432
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
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
191
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
64
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
499
Non-farm households
31
Share of households farming, 2020
94%
Net sown area
80 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
80 / 67 / 12
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dahuabari panchayat, Amour 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
₹37.96 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.24 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹45.79 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹12.41 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.13 lakh · received ₹8.06 lakh · spent ₹16.45 lakh · left ₹2.74 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹26.84 lakh · received ₹12.17 lakh · spent ₹29.34 lakh · left ₹9.68 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.9459, 87.6848 —
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