Dighal Bank
Dighalbank block · Kishanganj
district, Bihar · PIN 855101
· village code 222347
Population 2011
7,324
Census of India
Population 2020
8,106
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+10.7%
782 people · 1.1% a year
Households
1,590
+9.6% vs 1,451 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
7,324
Male / female
3,779 / 3,545
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
938
Children aged 0–6
1,499
Literacy rate
44.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
399 / 787
Working population
2,756
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
74.2%
Households
1,451
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
only one habitation is covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 10 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
135
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
34
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,272
Non-farm households
318
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
342 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
342 / 216 / 157
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dighalbank panchayat, Dighalbank 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
₹30.67 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹23.72 lakh
Received directly
₹25.69 lakh
Spent
₹43.51 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹36.58 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹17.59 lakh · received ₹9.45 lakh · spent ₹21.91 lakh · left ₹15.44 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹13.09 lakh · received ₹14.27 lakh · spent ₹21.59 lakh · left ₹21.15 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.3604, 87.8360 —
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