Chakwa
Runnisaidpur block · Sitamarhi
district, Bihar · PIN 843325
· village code 219471
Population 2011
1,974
Census of India
Population 2020
3,596
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+82.2%
1,622 people · 6.9% a year
Households
1,284
+171.5% vs 473 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,974
Male / female
1,038 / 936
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
902
Children aged 0–6
398
Literacy rate
44.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
401 / 0
Working population
648
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
86.9%
Households
473
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
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
250
Teachers
10
Students per teacher
25
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
105
Non-farm households
25
Share of households farming, 2020
81%
Net sown area
110 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
110 / 90 / 40
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Manik Chauk Dakshini panchayat, Runnisaidpur 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
₹11.78 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.88 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹18.69 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹9.97 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.77 lakh · received ₹6.73 lakh · spent ₹7.93 lakh · left ₹6.57 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹4.01 lakh · received ₹10.16 lakh · spent ₹10.76 lakh · left ₹3.41 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.3784, 85.5166 —
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population changes in Sitamarhi district ·
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staffing across Sitamarhi ·
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