Malchhari
Jokihat block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854329
· village code 222151
Population 2011
1,918
Census of India
Population 2020
2,998
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+56.3%
1,080 people · 5.1% a year
Households
456
+21.3% vs 376 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,918
Male / female
1,009 / 909
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
901
Children aged 0–6
489
Literacy rate
37.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
54 / 0
Working population
533
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.1%
Households
376
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 nearest 1 km away
No
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
175
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
29
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
None
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
187
Non-farm households
122
Share of households farming, 2020
61%
Net sown area
38 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
38 / 21 / 18
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Hardar 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
₹50.74 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.82 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹26.49 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹42.07 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹30.84 lakh · received ₹7.10 lakh · spent ₹14.98 lakh · left ₹22.96 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹19.91 lakh · received ₹10.72 lakh · spent ₹11.51 lakh · left ₹19.11 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.1441, 87.6124 —
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