Simaria

Korha block · Katihar district, Bihar · PIN 854105 · village code 224401

Population 2011

21,227

Census of India

Population 2020

24,830

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+17.0%

3,603 people · 1.8% a year

Households

4,240

+9.1% vs 3,887 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

21,227

Male / female

11,028 / 10,199

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

925

Children aged 0–6

4,999

Literacy rate

31.4%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

1,343 / 2,015

Working population

6,422

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

82.2%

Households

3,887

Village facilities, 2020

This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was surveyed once by each. The figures below are from Simaria North panchayat's return.

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

50 to 100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport nearest 2 km away

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre nearest 10 km away

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

Common service centre

Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan

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

625

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

2,854

Non-farm households

1,386

Share of households farming, 2020

67%

Net sown area

990 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

815 / 990 / 32

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Simaria North panchayat, Korha 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

₹48.66 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹0

Received directly

₹20.16 lakh

Spent

₹50.66 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹18.16 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹24.80 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹22.04 lakh · left ₹10.79 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹23.86 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹28.61 lakh · left ₹7.37 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

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