Paikbahan
Azamnagar block · Katihar
district, Bihar · PIN 855113
· village code 225243
Population 2011
1,629
Census of India
Population 2020
1,842
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+13.1%
213 people · 1.4% a year
Households
420
+10.8% vs 379 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,629
Male / female
868 / 761
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
877
Children aged 0–6
329
Literacy rate
33.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 169
Working population
462
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
98.7%
Households
379
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
285
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
71
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
260
Non-farm households
160
Share of households farming, 2020
62%
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 2 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Marbatpur panchayat, Azamnagar 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
₹32.60 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹15.98 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹21.90 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹26.68 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.65 lakh · received ₹6.37 lakh · spent ₹2.11 lakh · left ₹16.91 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹19.95 lakh · received ₹9.61 lakh · spent ₹19.79 lakh · left ₹9.77 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.5495, 87.8121 —
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