Damadighi
Forbesganj block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854318
· village code 221629
Population 2011
1,141
Census of India
Population 2020
1,420
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+24.4%
279 people · 2.5% a year
Households
275
+29.1% vs 213 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,141
Male / female
598 / 543
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
908
Children aged 0–6
198
Literacy rate
55.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
3 / 0
Working population
395
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
69.6%
Households
213
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
217
Non-farm households
54
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
35 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
35 / 35 / 19
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pipra panchayat, Forbesganj 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
₹27.60 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.40 lakh
Received directly
₹76,790
Spent
₹25.36 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹22.40 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.80 lakh · received ₹7.73 lakh · spent ₹8.72 lakh · left ₹11.39 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹15.80 lakh · received ₹11.67 lakh · spent ₹16.64 lakh · left ₹11.01 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.3604, 86.8104 —
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