Chhatar Gachh

Pothia block · Kishanganj district, Bihar · PIN 855117 · village code 222609

Population 2011

5,993

Census of India

Population 2020

6,111

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+2.0%

118 people · 0.2% a year

Households

1,193

+0.4% vs 1,188 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

5,993

Male / female

3,110 / 2,883

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

927

Children aged 0–6

1,200

Literacy rate

45.3%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

268 / 103

Working population

1,529

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

68.8%

Households

1,188

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

50 to 100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

PHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Common service centre

Separately located

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

2,491

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

850

Non-farm households

343

Share of households farming, 2020

71%

Net sown area

241 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

241 / 193 / 10

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Chhattergachh. panchayat, Pothia 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

₹17.30 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹16.06 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹14.46 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹18.91 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹8.39 lakh · received ₹6.40 lakh · spent ₹6.44 lakh · left ₹8.35 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹8.92 lakh · received ₹9.66 lakh · spent ₹8.02 lakh · left ₹10.56 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

26.3022, 88.0939 — view on OpenStreetMap

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