Jalai Dostni
Sikandra block · Jamui
district, Bihar · PIN 811315
· village code 258629
Population 2011
1,557
Census of India
Population 2020
1,892
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+21.5%
335 people · 2.2% a year
Households
316
+24.4% vs 254 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,557
Male / female
810 / 747
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
922
Children aged 0–6
290
Literacy rate
47.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
844 / 5
Working population
839
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.1%
Households
254
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
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 2 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
178
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
59
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
190
Non-farm households
125
Share of households farming, 2020
60%
Net sown area
57 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
57 / 37 / 11
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sighauri panchayat, Sikandra 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
₹87.97 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.22 lakh
Received directly
₹2.58 lakh
Spent
₹31.45 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹75.31 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹41.21 lakh · received ₹6.46 lakh · spent ₹11.11 lakh · left ₹38.53 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹46.76 lakh · received ₹9.75 lakh · spent ₹20.34 lakh · left ₹36.78 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
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