Pakhram
Biraul block · Darbhanga
district, Bihar · PIN 847203
· village code 227728
Population 2011
28,209
Census of India
Population 2020
35,365
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+25.4%
7,156 people · 2.5% a year
Households
6,336
+15.6% vs 5,483 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
28,209
Male / female
14,891 / 13,318
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
894
Children aged 0–6
5,165
Literacy rate
41.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
4,488 / 16
Working population
9,289
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
84.1%
Households
5,483
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Pokhram South panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
295
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
49
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,595
Non-farm households
355
Share of households farming, 2020
82%
Net sown area
523 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
523 / 502 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pokhram South panchayat, Biraul 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
₹71.15 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹21.30 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹53.08 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹39.36 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹36.52 lakh · received ₹8.49 lakh · spent ₹23.95 lakh · left ₹21.06 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹34.62 lakh · received ₹12.81 lakh · spent ₹29.13 lakh · left ₹18.30 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.9099, 86.1957 —
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