Nijhura
Kadwa block · Katihar
district, Bihar · PIN 855114
· village code 224701
Population 2011
1,684
Census of India
Population 2020
2,038
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+21.0%
354 people · 2.1% a year
Households
356
+2.6% vs 347 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,684
Male / female
876 / 808
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
922
Children aged 0–6
301
Literacy rate
48.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
21 / 503
Working population
456
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
91.2%
Households
347
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport nearest 1 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
267
Non-farm households
89
Share of households farming, 2020
75%
Net sown area
123 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
123 / 123 / 123
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kantia 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
₹38.72 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.44 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹43.34 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹12.83 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.44 lakh · received ₹6.95 lakh · spent ₹11.77 lakh · left ₹10.62 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹23.28 lakh · received ₹10.49 lakh · spent ₹31.57 lakh · left ₹2.21 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.6036, 87.7119 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Katihar district ·
School
staffing across Katihar ·
…and across Bihar