Harchandpur
Jalalgarh block · Purnia
district, Bihar · PIN 854327
· village code 223640
Population 2011
4,530
Census of India
Population 2020
5,281
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+16.6%
751 people · 1.7% a year
Households
969
+5.1% vs 922 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,530
Male / female
2,346 / 2,184
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
931
Children aged 0–6
797
Literacy rate
49.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
594 / 0
Working population
1,339
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
72.9%
Households
922
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
238
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
768
Non-farm households
201
Share of households farming, 2020
79%
Net sown area
40 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
40 / 20 / 13
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Jalal Garh 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
₹50.98 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.94 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹28.75 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹41.18 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹20.77 lakh · received ₹7.55 lakh · spent ₹8.12 lakh · left ₹20.20 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹30.21 lakh · received ₹11.39 lakh · spent ₹20.62 lakh · left ₹20.98 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.9640, 87.5379 —
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