Jiar
Barsoi block · Katihar
district, Bihar · PIN 855102
· village code 224922
Population 2011
953
Census of India
Population 2020
1,170
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+22.8%
217 people · 2.3% a year
Households
337
+45.9% vs 231 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
953
Male / female
496 / 457
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
921
Children aged 0–6
128
Literacy rate
62.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
4 / 0
Working population
360
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
93.1%
Households
231
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 1 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
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
257
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
51
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
200
Non-farm households
78
Share of households farming, 2020
72%
Net sown area
168 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
168 / 2 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chapakhor 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
₹14.52 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.15 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹26.44 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹4.24 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.37 lakh · received ₹6.44 lakh · spent ₹14.57 lakh · left ₹1.23 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹5.15 lakh · received ₹9.72 lakh · spent ₹11.87 lakh · left ₹3.00 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.4955, 88.0521 —
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