Lagua
Barsoi block · Katihar
district, Bihar · PIN 855102
· village code 224969
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 4,683 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 1,000 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
4,683
Male / female
2,471 / 2,212
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
895
Children aged 0–6
861
Literacy rate
20.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
5 / 0
Working population
1,290
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
93.1%
Households
991
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 10 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
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
500
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
63
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
65
Non-farm households
45
Share of households farming, 2020
59%
Net sown area
10 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
10 / 10 / 2
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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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Katihar district ·
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staffing across Katihar ·
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