Jhikara
Sikaripara block · Dumka
district, Jharkhand · PIN 816118
· village code 370957
Population 2011
541
Census of India
Population 2020
563
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+4.1%
22 people · 0.4% a year
Households
119
+10.2% vs 108 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
541
Male / female
262 / 279
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,065
Children aged 0–6
98
Literacy rate
41.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 420
Working population
285
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.1%
Households
108
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
No
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
25
Non-farm households
1
Share of households farming, 2020
96%
Net sown area
25 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
25 / 0 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Banspahari 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
₹10.26 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.51 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹13.32 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹7.44 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.48 lakh · received ₹4.20 lakh · spent ₹6.24 lakh · left ₹43,651
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹7.78 lakh · received ₹6.31 lakh · spent ₹7.08 lakh · left ₹7.01 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.1622, 87.4843 —
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