Bhikharipur
Arajiline block · Varanasi
district, Uttar Pradesh · PIN 221311
· village code 209316
Population 2011
2,257
Census of India
Population 2020
3,000
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+32.9%
743 people · 3.2% a year
Households
280
-13.6% vs 324 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,257
Male / female
1,147 / 1,110
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
968
Children aged 0–6
341
Literacy rate
63.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
299 / 5
Working population
579
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
36.1%
Households
324
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
only one habitation is covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi nearest 5 km away
No
Internet
No
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
165
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
24
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
190
Non-farm households
60
Share of households farming, 2020
76%
Net sown area
118 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
118 / 108 / 102
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bhikhari Pur panchayat, Arajiline 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
₹3.32 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹7.77 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹4.36 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹6.73 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹30,337 · received ₹3.11 lakh · spent ₹3.23 lakh · left ₹17,740
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹3.02 lakh · received ₹4.66 lakh · spent ₹1.12 lakh · left ₹6.55 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.2793, 82.8532 —
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