Dahgawan
Sikty block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854333
· village code 221991
Population 2011
3,013
Census of India
Population 2020
4,000
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+32.8%
987 people · 3.2% a year
Households
850
+50.7% vs 564 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,013
Male / female
1,581 / 1,432
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
906
Children aged 0–6
544
Literacy rate
39.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
62 / 1
Working population
964
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
95.8%
Households
564
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
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
128
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
32
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
385
Non-farm households
105
Share of households farming, 2020
79%
Net sown area
145 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
145 / 140 / 75
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dahagama panchayat, Sikty 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
₹35.36 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.98 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹41.60 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹12.74 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹20.68 lakh · received ₹7.56 lakh · spent ₹19.95 lakh · left ₹8.29 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹14.69 lakh · received ₹11.42 lakh · spent ₹21.65 lakh · left ₹4.45 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.3604, 87.5142 —
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How this village compares
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staffing across Araria ·
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