Chak
Jalalgarh block · Purnia
district, Bihar · PIN 854325
· village code 223656
Population 2011
2,810
Census of India
Population 2020
3,200
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+13.9%
390 people · 1.5% a year
Households
700
+16.9% vs 599 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,810
Male / female
1,442 / 1,368
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
949
Children aged 0–6
499
Literacy rate
43.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
315 / 16
Working population
1,323
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.6%
Households
599
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
CHC
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
180
Teachers
69
Students per teacher
3
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
516
Non-farm households
130
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
180 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
180 / 70 / 31
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chak 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
₹66.91 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹15.80 lakh
Received directly
₹1.86 lakh
Spent
₹42.46 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹42.10 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.85 lakh · received ₹6.30 lakh · spent ₹17.97 lakh · left ₹3.03 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹54.06 lakh · received ₹9.51 lakh · spent ₹24.49 lakh · left ₹39.07 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.9640, 87.4979 —
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