Chhagalia
Kishanganj block · Kishanganj
district, Bihar · PIN 855107
· village code 222920
Population 2011
4,677
Census of India
Population 2020
5,247
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.2%
570 people · 1.3% a year
Households
1,750
+95.8% vs 894 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,677
Male / female
2,381 / 2,296
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
964
Children aged 0–6
1,185
Literacy rate
37.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
239 / 6
Working population
1,149
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.7%
Households
894
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
778
Teachers
14
Students per teacher
56
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
307
Non-farm households
46
Share of households farming, 2020
87%
Net sown area
185 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
185 / 185 / 155
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Belwa panchayat, Kishanganj 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
₹22.51 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.26 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹26.18 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹13.58 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.13 lakh · received ₹6.88 lakh · spent ₹14.54 lakh · left ₹1.48 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹13.37 lakh · received ₹10.38 lakh · spent ₹11.64 lakh · left ₹12.11 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.1982, 87.9743 —
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