Shahkol
Dagraua block · Purnia
district, Bihar · PIN 855105
· village code 224192
Population 2011
375
Census of India
Population 2020
743
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+98.1%
368 people · 7.9% a year
Households
209
+120.0% vs 95 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
375
Male / female
194 / 181
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
933
Children aged 0–6
67
Literacy rate
59.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
168
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
56.0%
Households
95
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
130
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
33
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
135
Non-farm households
72
Share of households farming, 2020
65%
Net sown area
32 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
32 / 32 / 32
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Babhani panchayat, Dagraua 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
₹17.04 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.71 lakh
Received directly
₹44,789
Spent
₹32.33 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹4.86 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹16.29 lakh · received ₹7.85 lakh · spent ₹20.00 lakh · left ₹4.43 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹74,981 · received ₹11.86 lakh · spent ₹12.33 lakh · left ₹42,892
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.7063, 87.6760 —
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