Sikarpur
Kadwa block · Katihar
district, Bihar · PIN 854317
· village code 224458
Population 2011
5,804
Census of India
Population 2020
7,025
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+21.0%
1,221 people · 2.1% a year
Households
1,183
+2.4% vs 1,155 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,804
Male / female
3,024 / 2,780
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
919
Children aged 0–6
1,241
Literacy rate
41.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
970 / 2
Working population
1,602
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
75.5%
Households
1,155
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 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
320
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
53
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
568
Non-farm households
250
Share of households farming, 2020
69%
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Shikarpur panchayat, Kadwa 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
₹39.20 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹0
Received directly
—
Spent
₹7.45 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹31.75 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.01 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹2.61 lakh · left ₹1.41 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹35.19 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹4.84 lakh · left ₹30.35 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.5856, 87.7187 —
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