Jhikarua
Narhat block · Nawada
district, Bihar · PIN 805103
· village code 258150
Population 2011
2,802
Census of India
Population 2020
3,550
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+26.7%
748 people · 2.7% a year
Households
1,870
+388.3% vs 383 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,802
Male / female
1,450 / 1,352
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
932
Children aged 0–6
466
Literacy rate
47.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
412 / 0
Working population
1,321
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
81.9%
Households
383
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
125
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
21
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
860
Non-farm households
1,005
Share of households farming, 2020
46%
Net sown area
100 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
94 / 38 / 100
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Shekhpura panchayat, Narhat 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
₹41.75 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.94 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹49.96 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹9.73 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹26.14 lakh · received ₹7.15 lakh · spent ₹32.74 lakh · left ₹54,964
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹15.61 lakh · received ₹10.79 lakh · spent ₹17.22 lakh · left ₹9.18 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.7928, 85.4230 —
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