Bhawanipur
Amour block · Purnia
district, Bihar · PIN 854315
· village code 223738
Population 2011
3,084
Census of India
Population 2020
4,000
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+29.7%
916 people · 2.9% a year
Households
800
+16.4% vs 687 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,084
Male / female
1,617 / 1,467
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
907
Children aged 0–6
656
Literacy rate
30.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
18 / 0
Working population
1,174
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.2%
Households
687
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
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
170
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
28
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
710
Non-farm households
90
Share of households farming, 2020
89%
Net sown area
200 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
200 / 120 / 58
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bhawanipur panchayat, Amour 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
₹74.76 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹21.20 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹37.10 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹58.86 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹31.75 lakh · received ₹8.45 lakh · spent ₹31.95 lakh · left ₹8.24 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹43.01 lakh · received ₹12.75 lakh · spent ₹5.15 lakh · left ₹50.62 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.9640, 87.7183 —
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Nearby villages
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Purnia district ·
School
staffing across Purnia ·
…and across Bihar