Purnahia Chandandih
Purnahiya block · Sheohar
district, Bihar · PIN 843334
· village code 218781
Population 2011
3,016
Census of India
Population 2020
3,575
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+18.5%
559 people · 1.9% a year
Households
3,506
+408.9% vs 689 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,016
Male / female
1,592 / 1,424
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
894
Children aged 0–6
627
Literacy rate
43.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
346 / 1
Working population
1,489
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
59.6%
Households
689
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
686
Teachers
10
Students per teacher
69
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
917
Non-farm households
420
Share of households farming, 2020
69%
Net sown area
384 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
377 / 384 / 39
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Basantpatti panchayat, Purnahiya 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
₹64.27 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.98 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹0
Unspent at year end
₹84.25 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹23.18 lakh · received ₹7.96 lakh · spent ₹0 · left ₹31.14 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹41.09 lakh · received ₹12.02 lakh · spent ₹0 · left ₹53.11 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.6280, 85.3333 —
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