KarKataha
Kataiya block · Gopalganj
district, Bihar · PIN 821437
· village code 229769
Population 2011
2,302
Census of India
Population 2020
2,600
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.9%
298 people · 1.4% a year
Households
350
+3.2% vs 339 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,302
Male / female
1,150 / 1,152
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,002
Children aged 0–6
351
Literacy rate
54.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
236 / 45
Working population
1,076
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.4%
Households
339
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school
Yes
High school
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi nearest 1 km away
No
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
Farming
Farm households
5
Non-farm households
4
Share of households farming, 2020
56%
Net sown area
85 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
53 / 74 / 85
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Karkataha panchayat, Kateya 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
₹32.54 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.18 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹37.86 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹11.85 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹19.84 lakh · received ₹6.84 lakh · spent ₹19.63 lakh · left ₹7.06 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹12.69 lakh · received ₹10.33 lakh · spent ₹18.23 lakh · left ₹4.79 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.5697, 84.0810 —
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