Pharka
Sabour block · Bhagalpur
district, Bihar · PIN 813210
· village code 239359
Population 2011
7,305
Census of India
Population 2020
11,580
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+58.5%
4,275 people · 5.3% a year
Households
2,984
+109.0% vs 1,428 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
7,305
Male / female
3,908 / 3,397
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
869
Children aged 0–6
1,324
Literacy rate
59.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
364 / 0
Working population
1,696
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
78.0%
Households
1,428
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
only one habitation is covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
1,723
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
246
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,700
Non-farm households
1,200
Share of households farming, 2020
59%
Net sown area
106 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
106 / 106 / 106
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Farka panchayat, Sabour 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
₹6.75 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹14.22 lakh
Received directly
₹300
Spent
₹20.63 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹34,554
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.30 lakh · received ₹5.67 lakh · spent ₹8.87 lakh · left ₹10,426
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹3.45 lakh · received ₹8.55 lakh · spent ₹11.76 lakh · left ₹24,128
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.3694, 87.0427 —
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