Dhakia
Araria block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 221869
· village code 221869
Population 2011
1,576
Census of India
Population 2020
1,970
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+25.0%
394 people · 2.5% a year
Households
405
+18.8% vs 341 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,576
Male / female
840 / 736
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
876
Children aged 0–6
319
Literacy rate
42.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
455 / 2
Working population
575
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
81.7%
Households
341
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
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
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
163
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
41
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Boys
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
220
Non-farm households
170
Share of households farming, 2020
56%
Net sown area
115 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
110 / 115 / 27
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chikani panchayat, Araria 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
₹16.25 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.08 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹18.40 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹15.93 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.41 lakh · received ₹7.20 lakh · spent ₹8.44 lakh · left ₹9.18 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹5.84 lakh · received ₹10.87 lakh · spent ₹9.96 lakh · left ₹6.76 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.1261, 87.4584 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Araria district ·
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staffing across Araria ·
…and across Bihar