Niskha
Bodhgaya block · Gaya
district, Bihar · PIN 824237
· village code 256539
Population 2011
1,124
Census of India
Population 2020
1,398
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+24.4%
274 people · 2.5% a year
Households
1,198
+517.5% vs 194 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,124
Male / female
552 / 572
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,036
Children aged 0–6
199
Literacy rate
37.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
550 / 0
Working population
495
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
83.0%
Households
194
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
160
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
80
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
100
Non-farm households
120
Share of households farming, 2020
45%
Net sown area
80 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
80 / 0 / 7
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Jhikatiya panchayat, Bodhgaya 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
₹22.24 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.07 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹15.73 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹22.58 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.84 lakh · received ₹6.40 lakh · spent ₹8.21 lakh · left ₹5.03 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹15.40 lakh · received ₹9.67 lakh · spent ₹7.52 lakh · left ₹17.55 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.6519, 84.8918 —
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