Dakra English
Amdabad block · Katihar
district, Bihar · PIN 854112
· village code 225759
Population 2011
1,870
Census of India
Population 2020
2,525
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+35.0%
655 people · 3.4% a year
Households
793
+94.8% vs 407 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,870
Male / female
995 / 875
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
879
Children aged 0–6
430
Literacy rate
32.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
52 / 0
Working population
545
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
95.2%
Households
407
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 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
223
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
28
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
623
Non-farm households
170
Share of households farming, 2020
79%
Net sown area
73 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
73 / 45 / 21
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Lakhanpur panchayat, Amdabad 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
₹26.87 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹21.28 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹27.07 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹21.08 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.69 lakh · received ₹8.48 lakh · spent ₹14,076 · left ₹14.03 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹21.19 lakh · received ₹12.80 lakh · spent ₹26.93 lakh · left ₹7.05 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.3528, 87.7439 —
view on OpenStreetMap
Nearby villages
Dakhi
compare · Dakhi
compare · Dakra
compare · Dakra
compare · Dalalpur
compare · Dalan
compare · Damaipur
compare · Damdolia
compare
How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Katihar district ·
School
staffing across Katihar ·
…and across Bihar