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Machhar Ganwan

Kotwa block · Purbi Champaran district, Bihar · PIN 845417 · village code 218379

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 5,666 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 24,200 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population
5,666
Male / female
3,000 / 2,666
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
889
Children aged 0–6
991
Literacy rate
41.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,277 / 1
Working population
2,539
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
87.6%
Households
1,031

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located

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
1,200
Teachers
15
Students per teacher
80
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes

Farming

Farm households
5,000
Non-farm households
2,000
Share of households farming, 2020
71%
Net sown area
2,500 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2,000 / 2,500 / 500
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Location

26.5045, 84.8452 — view on OpenStreetMap

Nearby villages

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