Purkhas
Kuchaikote block · Gopalganj
district, Bihar · PIN 840153
· village code 230289
Population 2011
3,403
Census of India
Population 2020
3,883
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+14.1%
480 people · 1.5% a year
Households
634
+14.4% vs 554 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,403
Male / female
1,634 / 1,769
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,083
Children aged 0–6
652
Literacy rate
49.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
212 / 162
Working population
860
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
79.3%
Households
554
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 nearest 1 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
330
Teachers
20
Students per teacher
17
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
580
Non-farm households
30
Share of households farming, 2020
95%
Net sown area
176 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
170 / 176 / 176
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Purkhas panchayat, Kuchaikote 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
₹41.71 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.96 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹43.20 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹16.48 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹20.85 lakh · received ₹7.16 lakh · spent ₹19.94 lakh · left ₹8.07 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹20.86 lakh · received ₹10.81 lakh · spent ₹23.26 lakh · left ₹8.41 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.5780, 84.2431 —
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