Panchgachhi
Dighalbank block · Kishanganj
district, Bihar · PIN 855101
· village code 222352
Population 2011
1,127
Census of India
Population 2020
1,332
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+18.2%
205 people · 1.9% a year
Households
233
+5.0% vs 222 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,127
Male / female
595 / 532
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
894
Children aged 0–6
229
Literacy rate
47.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 4
Working population
311
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.4%
Households
222
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 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
129
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
32
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
188
Non-farm households
45
Share of households farming, 2020
81%
Net sown area
113 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
113 / 88 / 45
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dhantola 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
₹24.73 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹24.79 lakh
Received directly
₹26.84 lakh
Spent
₹34.89 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹41.48 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.42 lakh · received ₹9.88 lakh · spent ₹17.29 lakh · left ₹13.79 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹14.31 lakh · received ₹14.91 lakh · spent ₹17.60 lakh · left ₹27.69 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.4348, 87.8752 —
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