Belgachhi

Raniganj block · Araria district, Bihar · PIN 854334 · village code 221774

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 2,846 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 22,846 — 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

2,846

Male / female

1,487 / 1,359

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

914

Children aged 0–6

622

Literacy rate

27.5%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

909 / 980

Working population

1,221

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

96.9%

Households

618

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

<50% habitation covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre nearest 2 km away

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Common service centre

Separately located

Farming

Farm households

436

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

91%

Net sown area

40 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

40 / 25 / 2

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Bhorha panchayat, Raniganj 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

₹72.20 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹25.86 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹68.66 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹29.40 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹32.17 lakh · received ₹10.31 lakh · spent ₹29.51 lakh · left ₹12.97 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹40.03 lakh · received ₹15.56 lakh · spent ₹39.15 lakh · left ₹16.43 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

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How this village compares

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