Bhawani Chak
Dhamdaha block · Purnia
district, Bihar · PIN 854203
· village code 223346
Population 2011
497
Census of India
Population 2020
593
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+19.3%
96 people · 2.0% a year
Households
141
+29.4% vs 109 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
497
Male / female
247 / 250
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,012
Children aged 0–6
78
Literacy rate
47.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
2 / 421
Working population
148
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
93.2%
Households
109
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi nearest 1 km away
No
Internet
No
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
228
Teachers
15
Students per teacher
15
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
32
Non-farm households
56
Share of households farming, 2020
36%
Net sown area
1,030 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
500 / 1,030 / 470
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bishanpur panchayat, Dhamdaha 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
₹40.78 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹27.39 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹59.69 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹8.48 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹16.05 lakh · received ₹10.92 lakh · spent ₹24.03 lakh · left ₹2.94 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹24.73 lakh · received ₹16.48 lakh · spent ₹35.67 lakh · left ₹5.54 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.7409, 87.1692 —
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