Palsa Istamrar
Balrampur block · Katihar
district, Bihar · PIN 854317
· village code 224751
Population 2011
467
Census of India
Population 2020
499
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+6.8%
32 people · 0.7% a year
Households
108
+11.3% vs 97 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
467
Male / female
238 / 229
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
962
Children aged 0–6
108
Literacy rate
23.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
116
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.5%
Households
97
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
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
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
70
Non-farm households
38
Share of households farming, 2020
65%
Net sown area
158 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
158 / 148 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sihagaon panchayat, Balrampur 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
₹36.84 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹21.06 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹37.51 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹20.38 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹23.44 lakh · received ₹8.39 lakh · spent ₹22.00 lakh · left ₹9.84 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹13.39 lakh · received ₹12.67 lakh · spent ₹15.52 lakh · left ₹10.54 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.8378, 87.8448 —
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