Pokharia
Baisa block · Purnia
district, Bihar · PIN 855107
· village code 223845
Population 2011
2,579
Census of India
Population 2020
3,233
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+25.4%
654 people · 2.5% a year
Households
234
-54.7% vs 517 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,579
Male / female
1,358 / 1,221
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
899
Children aged 0–6
498
Literacy rate
28.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
635
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.5%
Households
517
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 1 km away
No
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
225
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
56
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
142
Non-farm households
88
Share of households farming, 2020
62%
Net sown area
240 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
240 / 165 / 75
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sirsi panchayat, Baisa 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
₹20.72 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.81 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹36.57 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹2.96 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.03 lakh · received ₹7.49 lakh · spent ₹14.83 lakh · left ₹69,640
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹12.69 lakh · received ₹11.31 lakh · spent ₹21.74 lakh · left ₹2.27 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.0000, 87.8053 —
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