Sirnia
Katihar block · Katihar
district, Bihar · PIN 854103
· village code 225503
Population 2011
19,318
Census of India
Population 2020
19,987
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+3.5%
669 people · 0.4% a year
Households
4,267
+10.0% vs 3,880 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
19,318
Male / female
10,102 / 9,216
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
912
Children aged 0–6
3,902
Literacy rate
42.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
2,428 / 582
Working population
6,493
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
71.9%
Households
3,880
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Sirnia West panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
1,475
Teachers
27
Students per teacher
55
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
3,350
Non-farm households
917
Share of households farming, 2020
79%
Net sown area
456 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
450 / 456 / 3
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sirnia West panchayat, Katihar 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
₹68.12 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.11 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹55.84 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹30.39 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹18.10 lakh · received ₹7.22 lakh · spent ₹18.88 lakh · left ₹6.43 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹50.03 lakh · received ₹10.89 lakh · spent ₹36.96 lakh · left ₹23.96 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.4955, 87.5730 —
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How this village compares
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staffing across Katihar ·
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