Sokhea
Barachatti block · Gaya
district, Bihar · PIN 824201
· village code 257384
Population 2011
1,116
Census of India
Population 2020
1,428
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+28.0%
312 people · 2.8% a year
Households
254
+58.8% vs 160 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,116
Male / female
587 / 529
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
901
Children aged 0–6
186
Literacy rate
53.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
577
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
98.8%
Households
160
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
213
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
53
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
213
Non-farm households
24
Share of households farming, 2020
90%
Net sown area
20 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
20 / 10 / 20
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Diwaniyan panchayat, Barachatti 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
₹30.67 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.08 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹41.94 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹7.81 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.43 lakh · received ₹7.60 lakh · spent ₹16.64 lakh · left ₹4.39 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹17.24 lakh · received ₹11.48 lakh · spent ₹25.30 lakh · left ₹3.42 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.5045, 85.0280 —
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