Pokharia

Sikaripara block · Dumka district, Jharkhand · PIN 816103 · village code 370870

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 536 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 230 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

536

Male / female

266 / 270

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,015

Children aged 0–6

Literacy rate

67.2%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

2 / 68

Working population

195

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

35.4%

Households

128

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

<50% habitation covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

Common service centre

Separately located

Farming

Farm households

Non-farm households

Net sown area

10 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

10 / 10 / 10

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Saharpur panchayat, Sikaripara 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

₹10.80 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹11.79 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹13.09 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹9.51 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹88,262 · received ₹4.72 lakh · spent ₹1.50 lakh · left ₹4.10 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹9.92 lakh · received ₹7.08 lakh · spent ₹11.59 lakh · left ₹5.40 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

24.2703, 87.2423 — view on OpenStreetMap

Nearby villages

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How this village compares

Biggest population changes in Dumka district · School staffing across Dumka · …and across Jharkhand