Jafra
Darbhanga block · Darbhanga
district, Bihar · PIN 846009
· village code 227103
Population 2011
2,515
Census of India
Population 2020
2,806
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.6%
291 people · 1.2% a year
Households
570
+6.5% vs 535 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,515
Male / female
1,313 / 1,202
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
915
Children aged 0–6
508
Literacy rate
46.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
291 / 0
Working population
963
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
82.5%
Households
535
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
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
165
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
33
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
452
Non-farm households
113
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
39 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
39 / 26 / 7
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sonki panchayat, Darbhanga 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
₹31.08 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.52 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹47.08 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹3.52 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.80 lakh · received ₹7.78 lakh · spent ₹20.25 lakh · left ₹32,690
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18.28 lakh · received ₹11.74 lakh · spent ₹26.83 lakh · left ₹3.19 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.1420, 85.9989 —
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