Machhail
Barsoi block · Katihar
district, Bihar · PIN 854317
· village code 225089
Population 2011
685
Census of India
Population 2020
730
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+6.6%
45 people · 0.7% a year
Households
125
+22.6% vs 102 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
685
Male / female
343 / 342
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
997
Children aged 0–6
156
Literacy rate
24.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
175
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.7%
Households
102
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
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
301
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
60
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
61
Non-farm households
62
Share of households farming, 2020
50%
Net sown area
40 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
40 / 30 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Basalgaon panchayat, Barsoi 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
₹48.77 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.46 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹55.63 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹13.59 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.88 lakh · received ₹8.15 lakh · spent ₹17.73 lakh · left ₹30,365
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹38.89 lakh · received ₹12.31 lakh · spent ₹37.91 lakh · left ₹13.28 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.6757, 88.0448 —
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