Chauki
Kadwa block · Katihar
district, Bihar · PIN 855105
· village code 224532
Population 2011
4,317
Census of India
Population 2020
5,194
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+20.3%
877 people · 2.1% a year
Households
890
+4.2% vs 854 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,317
Male / female
2,225 / 2,092
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
940
Children aged 0–6
875
Literacy rate
30.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
444 / 0
Working population
1,192
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.4%
Households
854
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
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
200
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
40
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
36
Non-farm households
13
Share of households farming, 2020
73%
Net sown area
10 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
10 / 10 / 0
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dhangama panchayat, Kadwa 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
₹14.59 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.27 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹22.03 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹10.83 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.44 lakh · received ₹7.28 lakh · spent ₹2.50 lakh · left ₹9.22 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹10.15 lakh · received ₹10.99 lakh · spent ₹19.53 lakh · left ₹1.60 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.6396, 88.0582 —
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