Aarakol
Falka block · Katihar district, Bihar · PIN 854108 · village code 224286
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 16 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 50 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
16
Male / female
6 / 10
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,667
Children aged 0–6
0
Literacy rate
18.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
6
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
100.0%
Households
3
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 2 km away
No
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
10
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
10 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
10 / 10 / 3
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for Morsanda panchayat, Falka 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
₹16.26 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.75 lakh
Received directly
₹12.04 lakh
Spent
₹39.47 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹9.58 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.98 lakh · received ₹8.27 lakh · spent ₹16.88 lakh · left ₹5.36 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹2.28 lakh · received ₹12.48 lakh · spent ₹22.59 lakh · left ₹4.22 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.
Location
25.6216, 87.2855 — view on OpenStreetMap
Nearby villages
Abad Milik compare · Abadpur compare · Abdullahpur compare · Abdullahpur compare
How this village compares
Biggest population changes in Katihar district · School staffing across Katihar · …and across Bihar