Eksala
Barsoi block · Katihar
district, Bihar · PIN 855102
· village code 224990
Population 2011
2,482
Census of India
Population 2020
2,795
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.6%
313 people · 1.3% a year
Households
568
+7.4% vs 529 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,482
Male / female
1,301 / 1,181
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
908
Children aged 0–6
408
Literacy rate
42.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
213 / 0
Working population
730
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
86.6%
Households
529
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
No
Public transport
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
Farming
Farm households
511
Non-farm households
57
Share of households farming, 2020
90%
Net sown area
85 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
85 / 80 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Eksalla 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
₹46.30 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹14.91 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹39.07 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹22.15 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹21.18 lakh · received ₹5.94 lakh · spent ₹26.38 lakh · left ₹74,346
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹25.12 lakh · received ₹8.97 lakh · spent ₹12.69 lakh · left ₹21.40 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.6396, 87.9383 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Katihar district ·
School
staffing across Katihar ·
…and across Bihar