Bairgachhi
Jokihat block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854329
· village code 222114
Population 2011
864
Census of India
Population 2020
1,210
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+40.0%
346 people · 3.8% a year
Households
240
+31.1% vs 183 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
864
Male / female
455 / 409
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
899
Children aged 0–6
171
Literacy rate
48.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
232 / 27
Working population
339
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
72.9%
Households
183
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
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
230
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
29
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Girls
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
157
Non-farm households
58
Share of households farming, 2020
73%
Net sown area
189 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
189 / 138 / 186
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kesarara panchayat, Jokihat 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
₹57.11 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.96 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹36.46 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹39.60 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹20.37 lakh · received ₹7.55 lakh · spent ₹13.10 lakh · left ₹14.82 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹36.74 lakh · received ₹11.40 lakh · spent ₹23.36 lakh · left ₹24.78 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.1261, 87.6190 —
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