Kathra
Tardih block · Darbhanga
district, Bihar · PIN 847423
· village code 227172
Population 2011
8,336
Census of India
Population 2020
9,560
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+14.7%
1,224 people · 1.5% a year
Households
2,390
+22.7% vs 1,948 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
8,336
Male / female
4,372 / 3,964
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
907
Children aged 0–6
1,284
Literacy rate
53.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
450 / 0
Working population
2,873
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.4%
Households
1,948
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
725
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
363
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Girls
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
1,710
Non-farm households
420
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
8 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
8 / 3 / 2
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kathara panchayat, Tardih 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
₹8.87 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹13.03 lakh
Received directly
₹33,941
Spent
₹20.78 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹1.46 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.67 lakh · received ₹5.19 lakh · spent ₹12.89 lakh · left ₹31,426
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹1.19 lakh · received ₹7.84 lakh · spent ₹7.89 lakh · left ₹1.14 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.1261, 86.2342 —
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