Nikhra
Kadwa block · Katihar
district, Bihar · PIN 855105
· village code 224546
Population 2011
933
Census of India
Population 2020
1,147
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+22.9%
214 people · 2.3% a year
Households
197
+10.1% vs 179 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
933
Male / female
484 / 449
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
928
Children aged 0–6
152
Literacy rate
46.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
213 / 0
Working population
272
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
98.9%
Households
179
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 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
287
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
48
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
157
Non-farm households
40
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
39 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
37 / 39 / 10
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chauni 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
₹39.80 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.76 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹51.69 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹8.87 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹22.92 lakh · received ₹8.27 lakh · spent ₹25.20 lakh · left ₹5.99 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹16.88 lakh · received ₹12.49 lakh · spent ₹26.49 lakh · left ₹2.88 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.7658, 87.7114 —
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