Nijhra
Kadwa block · Katihar
district, Bihar · PIN 855114
· village code 224702
Population 2011
1,469
Census of India
Population 2020
1,778
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+21.0%
309 people · 2.1% a year
Households
322
+2.5% vs 314 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,469
Male / female
777 / 692
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
891
Children aged 0–6
213
Literacy rate
62.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
501 / 2
Working population
618
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
70.4%
Households
314
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 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
78
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
26
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
177
Non-farm households
145
Share of households farming, 2020
55%
Net sown area
54 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
54 / 2 / 54
Main irrigation source
Other
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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