Barchaundi
Thakurganj block · Kishanganj
district, Bihar · PIN 855116
· village code 222442
Population 2011
7,439
Census of India
Population 2020
7,469
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+0.4%
30 people · 0.0% a year
Households
1,488
+0.4% vs 1,482 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
7,439
Male / female
3,742 / 3,697
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
988
Children aged 0–6
1,768
Literacy rate
27.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
101 / 38
Working population
2,510
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
95.4%
Households
1,482
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 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
741
Teachers
18
Students per teacher
41
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
800
Non-farm households
602
Share of households farming, 2020
57%
Net sown area
398 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 398 / 99
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Barchoundi panchayat, Thakurganj 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
₹37.24 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.81 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹37.85 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹17.21 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹16.01 lakh · received ₹7.10 lakh · spent ₹15.86 lakh · left ₹7.25 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹21.24 lakh · received ₹10.72 lakh · spent ₹21.99 lakh · left ₹9.96 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.4198, 88.1264 —
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