Kekarha
Sheosagar block · Rohtas
district, Bihar · PIN 821111
· village code 252153
Population 2011
566
Census of India
Population 2020
605
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+6.9%
39 people · 0.7% a year
Households
101
+31.2% vs 77 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
566
Male / female
290 / 276
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
952
Children aged 0–6
94
Literacy rate
62.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
10 / 0
Working population
258
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
84.9%
Households
77
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
65
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
16
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
60
Non-farm households
40
Share of households farming, 2020
60%
Net sown area
15 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
10 / 15 / 15
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dumari panchayat, Sheosagar 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
₹58.80 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.34 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹52.28 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹22.86 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.47 lakh · received ₹6.51 lakh · spent ₹17.38 lakh · left ₹60,202
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹47.33 lakh · received ₹9.83 lakh · spent ₹34.90 lakh · left ₹22.26 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.0270, 83.8752 —
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