Pokharia
Barsoi block · Katihar
district, Bihar · PIN 854317
· village code 224900
Population 2011
698
Census of India
Population 2020
1,100
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+57.6%
402 people · 5.2% a year
Households
170
+31.8% vs 129 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
698
Male / female
356 / 342
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
961
Children aged 0–6
159
Literacy rate
33.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
30 / 0
Working population
201
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
98.5%
Households
129
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 10 km away
No
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 5 km away
No
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
122
Non-farm households
39
Share of households farming, 2020
76%
Net sown area
40 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
40 / 0 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kamraul panchayat, Barsoi 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
₹37.44 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.50 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹45.06 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹12.88 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹23.01 lakh · received ₹8.17 lakh · spent ₹18.42 lakh · left ₹12.75 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹14.44 lakh · received ₹12.33 lakh · spent ₹26.64 lakh · left ₹13,045
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.6036, 88.0316 —
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