Dewasi
Katoria block · Banka
district, Bihar · PIN 813106
· village code 241970
Population 2011
1,470
Census of India
Population 2020
1,696
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+15.4%
226 people · 1.6% a year
Households
325
+13.6% vs 286 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,470
Male / female
773 / 697
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
902
Children aged 0–6
260
Literacy rate
42.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
167 / 140
Working population
806
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
91.1%
Households
286
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 5 km away
No
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
304
Non-farm households
16
Share of households farming, 2020
95%
Net sown area
435 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
435 / 214 / 47
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dewasi panchayat, Katoria 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
₹19.54 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹8.35 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹19.66 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹8.24 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.38 lakh · received ₹3.33 lakh · spent ₹10.65 lakh · left ₹7.06 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹5.16 lakh · received ₹5.02 lakh · spent ₹9.01 lakh · left ₹1.18 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.7387, 86.7547 —
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