Sikahar
Manpur block · Gaya
district, Bihar · PIN 823003
· village code 255298
Population 2011
2,245
Census of India
Population 2020
2,650
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+18.0%
405 people · 1.9% a year
Households
2,650
+546.3% vs 410 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,245
Male / female
1,194 / 1,051
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
880
Children aged 0–6
390
Literacy rate
53.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
643 / 0
Working population
728
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
74.5%
Households
410
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
CHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
Farming
Farm households
85
Non-farm households
265
Share of households farming, 2020
24%
Net sown area
13 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
11 / 12 / 13
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bara Gandhar panchayat, Manpur 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
₹55.13 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹22.31 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹67.16 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹10.28 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.87 lakh · received ₹8.89 lakh · spent ₹13.99 lakh · left ₹9.77 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹40.26 lakh · received ₹13.42 lakh · spent ₹53.17 lakh · left ₹50,733
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.7907, 85.0206 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Gaya district ·
School
staffing across Gaya ·
…and across Bihar