Panka
Azamnagar block · Katihar
district, Bihar · PIN 855113
· village code 225290
Population 2011
1,381
Census of India
Population 2020
1,660
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+20.2%
279 people · 2.1% a year
Households
317
+13.2% vs 280 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,381
Male / female
726 / 655
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
902
Children aged 0–6
344
Literacy rate
33.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
362
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.8%
Households
280
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
124
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
62
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Boys
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
258
Non-farm households
59
Share of households farming, 2020
81%
Net sown area
13 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
7 / 13 / 4
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Amarsinghpur 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
₹31.33 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.56 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹26.19 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹22.70 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.45 lakh · received ₹7.00 lakh · spent ₹9.75 lakh · left ₹6.69 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹21.89 lakh · received ₹10.56 lakh · spent ₹16.44 lakh · left ₹16.01 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.5497, 87.8324 —
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