Talwar Bandha
Dighalbank block · Kishanganj
district, Bihar · PIN 855101
· village code 222359
Population 2011
1,198
Census of India
Population 2020
1,558
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+30.1%
360 people · 3.0% a year
Households
308
+18.5% vs 260 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,198
Male / female
605 / 593
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
980
Children aged 0–6
293
Literacy rate
39.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
257 / 0
Working population
373
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
98.1%
Households
260
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
298
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
43
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
271
Non-farm households
37
Share of households farming, 2020
88%
Net sown area
128 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
128 / 98 / 46
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Athgachhiya 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
₹32.94 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.09 lakh
Received directly
₹2.20 lakh
Spent
₹38.64 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹14.59 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.09 lakh · received ₹7.21 lakh · spent ₹17.30 lakh · left ₹4.86 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹19.86 lakh · received ₹10.88 lakh · spent ₹21.34 lakh · left ₹9.73 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.3784, 87.9301 —
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