Sikandarchak
Guraru block · Gaya
district, Bihar · PIN 824118
· village code 255541
Population 2011
317
Census of India
Population 2020
300
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-5.4%
-17 people · -0.6% a year
Households
49
+4.3% vs 47 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
317
Male / female
175 / 142
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
811
Children aged 0–6
38
Literacy rate
59.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
100 / 0
Working population
280
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.1%
Households
47
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
No
Middle school
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
Farming
Farm households
29
Non-farm households
20
Share of households farming, 2020
59%
Net sown area
23 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
23 / 21 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pahra panchayat, Guraru 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
₹43.09 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.44 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹37.13 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹26.40 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹20.81 lakh · received ₹8.14 lakh · spent ₹16.91 lakh · left ₹12.05 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹22.28 lakh · received ₹12.29 lakh · spent ₹20.22 lakh · left ₹14.35 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.7239, 84.8238 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Gaya district ·
School
staffing across Gaya ·
…and across Bihar