Jhikatiya
Gurua block · Gaya
district, Bihar · PIN 824205
· village code 255695
Population 2011
676
Census of India
Population 2020
846
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+25.1%
170 people · 2.5% a year
Households
118
+9.3% vs 108 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
676
Male / female
348 / 328
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
943
Children aged 0–6
124
Literacy rate
51.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
187 / 0
Working population
398
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
87.2%
Households
108
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
150
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
None
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
95
Non-farm households
22
Share of households farming, 2020
81%
Net sown area
70 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
70 / 35 / 10
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Paluhara panchayat, Gurua 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
₹63.35 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.63 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹61.60 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹21.38 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹22.68 lakh · received ₹7.82 lakh · spent ₹23.11 lakh · left ₹7.38 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹40.68 lakh · received ₹11.81 lakh · spent ₹38.49 lakh · left ₹14.00 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.6306, 84.7766 —
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