Chandel
Baisa block · Purnia
district, Bihar · PIN 855107
· village code 223943
Population 2011
2,226
Census of India
Population 2020
3,863
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+73.5%
1,637 people · 6.3% a year
Households
761
+85.2% vs 411 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,226
Male / female
1,164 / 1,062
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
912
Children aged 0–6
441
Literacy rate
40.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
588
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.9%
Households
411
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 10 km away
No
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
5
Non-farm households
8
Share of households farming, 2020
38%
Net sown area
24 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
0 / 5 / 24
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chandel panchayat, Baisa 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
₹26.18 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹13.97 lakh
Received directly
₹57,598
Spent
₹37.30 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹3.43 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.35 lakh · received ₹5.56 lakh · spent ₹13.61 lakh · left ₹79,044
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹17.84 lakh · received ₹8.40 lakh · spent ₹23.69 lakh · left ₹2.64 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.0335, 87.7082 —
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