Kantho
Simri Bakhtiarpur block · Saharsa
district, Bihar · PIN 852106
· village code 226600
Population 2011
4,031
Census of India
Population 2020
4,050
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+0.5%
19 people · 0.1% a year
Households
825
+1.0% vs 817 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,031
Male / female
2,069 / 1,962
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
948
Children aged 0–6
937
Literacy rate
27.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
950 / 0
Working population
1,415
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
87.6%
Households
817
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
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
725
Teachers
25
Students per teacher
29
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
525
Non-farm households
100
Share of households farming, 2020
84%
Net sown area
110 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
110 / 110 / 32
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kantho panchayat, Simri Bakhtiarpur 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
₹19.09 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.08 lakh
Received directly
₹46,611
Spent
₹22.68 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹16.96 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.53 lakh · received ₹8.00 lakh · spent ₹19.30 lakh · left ₹2.69 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹5.56 lakh · received ₹12.08 lakh · spent ₹3.37 lakh · left ₹14.27 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.7838, 86.5241 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Saharsa district ·
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staffing across Saharsa ·
…and across Bihar