Dhanukhi
Benipatti block · Madhubani
district, Bihar · PIN 847102
· village code 220273
Population 2011
1,477
Census of India
Population 2020
1,900
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+28.6%
423 people · 2.8% a year
Households
395
+27.0% vs 311 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,477
Male / female
755 / 722
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
956
Children aged 0–6
329
Literacy rate
36.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
94 / 0
Working population
341
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.8%
Households
311
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
No
High school
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
185
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
26
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Boys
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
295
Non-farm households
57
Share of households farming, 2020
84%
Net sown area
158 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
158 / 82 / 11
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Barri panchayat, Benipatti 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
₹34.67 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.05 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹41.72 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹11.01 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.46 lakh · received ₹7.19 lakh · spent ₹11.51 lakh · left ₹7.13 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹23.22 lakh · received ₹10.86 lakh · spent ₹30.20 lakh · left ₹3.87 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.4505, 85.7713 —
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How this village compares
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staffing across Madhubani ·
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