Jhitki
Mahishi block · Saharsa
district, Bihar · PIN 852216
· village code 226377
Population 2011
2,754
Census of India
Population 2020
3,100
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.6%
346 people · 1.3% a year
Households
600
+37.6% vs 436 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,754
Male / female
1,416 / 1,338
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
945
Children aged 0–6
553
Literacy rate
23.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
66 / 0
Working population
891
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.7%
Households
436
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
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
760
Teachers
12
Students per teacher
63
Electricity
No
Toilets
None
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
350
Non-farm households
210
Share of households farming, 2020
63%
Net sown area
96 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
96 / 81 / 36
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pastwar panchayat, Mahishi 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
₹85.24 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.29 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹49.38 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹54.14 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹23.42 lakh · received ₹7.29 lakh · spent ₹15.46 lakh · left ₹15.24 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹61.82 lakh · received ₹11.00 lakh · spent ₹33.92 lakh · left ₹38.90 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.8559, 86.4566 —
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