Nijgehuma
Jalalgarh block · Purnia
district, Bihar · PIN 854327
· village code 223637
Population 2011
3,843
Census of India
Population 2020
5,600
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+45.7%
1,757 people · 4.3% a year
Households
900
+18.3% vs 761 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,843
Male / female
1,988 / 1,855
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
933
Children aged 0–6
831
Literacy rate
35.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
943
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
93.3%
Households
761
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
No
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 nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
135
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
23
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
702
Non-farm households
198
Share of households farming, 2020
78%
Net sown area
65 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
65 / 5 / 3
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Nizgehuma panchayat, Jalalgarh 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
₹55.98 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.87 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹36.36 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹40.49 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.74 lakh · received ₹8.32 lakh · spent ₹10.35 lakh · left ₹5.71 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹48.23 lakh · received ₹12.56 lakh · spent ₹26.01 lakh · left ₹34.78 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.9820, 87.5113 —
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