Pokharia
Barsoi block · Katihar
district, Bihar · PIN 855102
· village code 224949
Population 2011
332
Census of India
Population 2020
800
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+141.0%
468 people · 10.3% a year
Households
160
+128.6% vs 70 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
332
Male / female
161 / 171
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,062
Children aged 0–6
55
Literacy rate
40.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
96
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.9%
Households
70
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 10 km away
No
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
52
Non-farm households
58
Share of households farming, 2020
47%
Net sown area
6 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
6 / 6 / 5
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Lagua 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
₹52.79 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.15 lakh
Received directly
₹3.29 lakh
Spent
₹20.01 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹54.22 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.20 lakh · received ₹7.23 lakh · spent ₹5.24 lakh · left ₹18.51 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹37.59 lakh · received ₹10.92 lakh · spent ₹14.77 lakh · left ₹35.71 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.5495, 87.9919 —
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