Jekhra
Islamnagar Aliganj block · Jamui
district, Bihar · PIN 811301
· village code 258523
Population 2011
886
Census of India
Population 2020
1,128
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+27.3%
242 people · 2.7% a year
Households
204
+12.7% vs 181 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
886
Male / female
463 / 423
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
914
Children aged 0–6
147
Literacy rate
59.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
44 / 0
Working population
331
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
88.2%
Households
181
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 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
120
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
126
Non-farm households
78
Share of households farming, 2020
62%
Net sown area
70 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
70 / 20 / 8
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kaiyar panchayat, Islamnagar Aliganj 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
₹41.48 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.84 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹32.78 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹20.54 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹26.82 lakh · received ₹4.72 lakh · spent ₹24.20 lakh · left ₹7.33 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹14.67 lakh · received ₹7.12 lakh · spent ₹8.58 lakh · left ₹13.20 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.9460, 85.9230 —
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