Nikhrail
Dagraua block · Purnia
district, Bihar · PIN 854326
· village code 224142
Population 2011
4,178
Census of India
Population 2020
6,832
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+63.5%
2,654 people · 5.6% a year
Households
1,565
+80.9% vs 865 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,178
Male / female
2,162 / 2,016
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
932
Children aged 0–6
762
Literacy rate
40.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
315 / 249
Working population
1,799
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
88.5%
Households
865
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
1-4 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 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
165
Teachers
10
Students per teacher
17
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
135
Non-farm households
65
Share of households farming, 2020
68%
Net sown area
136 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
136 / 50 / 6
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Adhkeli 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
₹31.47 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.58 lakh
Received directly
₹79,913
Spent
₹30.86 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹21.99 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹18.26 lakh · received ₹8.20 lakh · spent ₹19.42 lakh · left ₹7.44 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹13.21 lakh · received ₹12.38 lakh · spent ₹11.44 lakh · left ₹14.55 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.7658, 87.6513 —
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