Athgachhiya
Dighalbank block · Kishanganj
district, Bihar · PIN 855108
· village code 222366
Population 2011
3,275
Census of India
Population 2020
4,013
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+22.5%
738 people · 2.3% a year
Households
793
+25.7% vs 631 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,275
Male / female
1,652 / 1,623
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
982
Children aged 0–6
722
Literacy rate
36.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
19 / 0
Working population
891
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
81.9%
Households
631
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
230
Non-farm households
30
Share of households farming, 2020
88%
Net sown area
201 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
201 / 175 / 52
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
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
26.3604, 87.8360 —
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