Ekhua
Dagraua block · Purnia
district, Bihar · PIN 854326
· village code 224107
Population 2011
4,193
Census of India
Population 2020
5,200
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+24.0%
1,007 people · 2.4% a year
Households
1,040
+24.3% vs 837 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,193
Male / female
2,165 / 2,028
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
937
Children aged 0–6
969
Literacy rate
32.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
519 / 44
Working population
1,163
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
78.5%
Households
837
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
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
200
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
40
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
400
Non-farm households
300
Share of households farming, 2020
57%
Net sown area
52 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
50 / 49 / 52
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Harkheli panchayat, Dagraua 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
₹38.81 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹22.32 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹35.05 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹26.08 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.90 lakh · received ₹8.89 lakh · spent ₹7.98 lakh · left ₹6.81 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹32.91 lakh · received ₹13.42 lakh · spent ₹27.06 lakh · left ₹19.27 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.8310, 87.5854 —
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