Kathar
Simri block · Buxar
district, Bihar · PIN 802133
· village code 247886
Population 2011
6,243
Census of India
Population 2020
7,080
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+13.4%
837 people · 1.4% a year
Households
1,055
+6.6% vs 990 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
6,243
Male / female
3,225 / 3,018
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
936
Children aged 0–6
1,131
Literacy rate
54.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
951 / 301
Working population
2,166
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
84.5%
Households
990
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 5 km away
No
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
630
Non-farm households
420
Share of households farming, 2020
60%
Net sown area
74 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
74 / 74 / 3
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kathar panchayat, Simri 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
₹47.34 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹21.11 lakh
Received directly
₹75,828
Spent
₹57.49 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹11.72 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹18.51 lakh · received ₹8.41 lakh · spent ₹17.92 lakh · left ₹9.47 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹28.82 lakh · received ₹12.70 lakh · spent ₹39.57 lakh · left ₹2.25 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.5856, 84.2228 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Buxar district ·
School
staffing across Buxar ·
…and across Bihar