Bhikha
Palasi block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854333
· village code 222106
Population 2011
2,528
Census of India
Population 2020
2,650
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+4.8%
122 people · 0.5% a year
Households
535
+2.1% vs 524 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,528
Male / female
1,342 / 1,186
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
884
Children aged 0–6
536
Literacy rate
46.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
61 / 0
Working population
792
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
81.3%
Households
524
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
352
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
59
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
None
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
400
Non-farm households
131
Share of households farming, 2020
75%
Net sown area
57 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
57 / 55 / 1
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bhikha panchayat, Palasi 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
₹30.77 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.35 lakh
Received directly
₹27,383
Spent
₹45.06 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹5.33 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹24.07 lakh · received ₹7.71 lakh · spent ₹26.45 lakh · left ₹5.33 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹6.69 lakh · received ₹11.64 lakh · spent ₹18.61 lakh · left ₹80
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.2158, 87.5708 —
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