Kosra
Sheikhpura block · Sheikhpura
district, Bihar · PIN 811103
· village code 243900
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 6,707 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 1,872 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
6,707
Male / female
3,527 / 3,180
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
902
Children aged 0–6
1,084
Literacy rate
62.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,155 / 0
Working population
2,471
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
81.2%
Households
1,097
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
220
Teachers
13
Students per teacher
17
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
140
Non-farm households
80
Share of households farming, 2020
64%
Net sown area
200 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
200 / 75 / 30
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kosra panchayat, Sheikhpura 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
₹17.17 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹12.79 lakh
Received directly
₹1.72 lakh
Spent
₹24.62 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹7.06 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.75 lakh · received ₹5.10 lakh · spent ₹5.96 lakh · left ₹6.88 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹9.42 lakh · received ₹7.69 lakh · spent ₹18.65 lakh · left ₹17,372
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
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