Desra
Banka block · Banka
district, Bihar · PIN 813102
· village code 241279
Population 2011
2,749
Census of India
Population 2020
3,369
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+22.6%
620 people · 2.3% a year
Households
601
+18.1% vs 509 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,749
Male / female
1,477 / 1,272
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
861
Children aged 0–6
541
Literacy rate
43.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
15 / 0
Working population
1,299
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
88.8%
Households
509
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
175
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
25
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
65
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
36 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
36 / 36 / 0
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kajhiya panchayat, Banka 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
₹47.85 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹14.51 lakh
Received directly
₹1.21 lakh
Spent
₹26.83 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹36.74 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.75 lakh · received ₹5.78 lakh · spent ₹9.69 lakh · left ₹10.06 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹35.10 lakh · received ₹8.73 lakh · spent ₹17.14 lakh · left ₹26.69 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.8829, 86.9549 —
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