Mahanagar
Barsoi block · Katihar
district, Bihar · PIN 854317
· village code 224904
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 2,310 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 4 — an implausibly small number. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
2,310
Male / female
1,180 / 1,130
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
958
Children aged 0–6
500
Literacy rate
27.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
504 / 400
Working population
802
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.8%
Households
466
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
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 10 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 5 km away
No
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
0
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 1 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Shikarpur 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
₹70.04 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.30 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹82.84 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹7.51 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹35.44 lakh · received ₹8.09 lakh · spent ₹36.14 lakh · left ₹7.39 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹34.60 lakh · received ₹12.21 lakh · spent ₹46.70 lakh · left ₹11,601
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.6396, 88.0182 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Katihar district ·
School
staffing across Katihar ·
…and across Bihar