Sohasa
Kadwa block · Katihar
district, Bihar · PIN 855114
· village code 224698
Population 2011
1,970
Census of India
Population 2020
2,358
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+19.7%
388 people · 2.0% a year
Households
436
+2.6% vs 425 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,970
Male / female
1,002 / 968
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
966
Children aged 0–6
392
Literacy rate
42.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
86 / 151
Working population
769
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
98.3%
Households
425
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
350
Teachers
10
Students per teacher
35
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
200
Non-farm households
150
Share of households farming, 2020
57%
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kadwa 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
₹31.56 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹21.10 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹47.74 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹4.93 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.98 lakh · received ₹8.41 lakh · spent ₹20.75 lakh · left ₹63,364
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18.59 lakh · received ₹12.69 lakh · spent ₹26.98 lakh · left ₹4.30 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.6216, 87.7451 —
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