Kanchanbari
Terhagachh block · Kishanganj
district, Bihar · PIN 855101
· village code 222235
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 972 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 80 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
972
Male / female
508 / 464
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
913
Children aged 0–6
182
Literacy rate
73.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
68 / 0
Working population
421
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.2%
Households
187
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
50
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
25
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
9
Non-farm households
9
Share of households farming, 2020
50%
Net sown area
32 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
5 / 32 / 1
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Khaniabad panchayat, Terhagachh 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
₹74.12 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹0
Received directly
—
Spent
₹18.69 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹55.43 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹19.68 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹6.30 lakh · left ₹13.38 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹54.44 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹12.39 lakh · left ₹42.06 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.3964, 87.7226 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Kishanganj district ·
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staffing across Kishanganj ·
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