Chikania
Jokihat block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854329
· village code 222186
Population 2011
1,623
Census of India
Population 2020
2,260
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+39.3%
637 people · 3.7% a year
Households
360
+6.8% vs 337 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,623
Male / female
860 / 763
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
887
Children aged 0–6
374
Literacy rate
46.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
78 / 0
Working population
577
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.6%
Households
337
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 10 km away
No
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 1 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
40
Non-farm households
40
Share of households farming, 2020
50%
Net sown area
5 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
4 / 2 / 5
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Parsadpur 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
₹56.37 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.00 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹57.88 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹17.49 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹22.58 lakh · received ₹7.57 lakh · spent ₹13.77 lakh · left ₹16.38 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹33.79 lakh · received ₹11.43 lakh · spent ₹44.11 lakh · left ₹1.11 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.1441, 87.6325 —
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