Chhagharia

Azamnagar block · Katihar district, Bihar · PIN 855113 · village code 225106

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 722 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 6,395 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

722

Male / female

384 / 338

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

880

Children aged 0–6

130

Literacy rate

35.6%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

0 / 0

Working population

381

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

80.3%

Households

131

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water nearest 10 km away

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

PHC

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

501

Teachers

Students per teacher

100

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

64%

Net sown area

16 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

16 / 5 / 5

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Azamnagar panchayat, Azamnagar 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

₹20.02 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹15.96 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹29.14 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹6.84 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹7.20 lakh · received ₹6.36 lakh · spent ₹11.70 lakh · left ₹1.86 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹12.82 lakh · received ₹9.60 lakh · spent ₹17.44 lakh · left ₹4.98 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

25.5315, 87.8389 — view on OpenStreetMap

Nearby villages

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How this village compares

Biggest population changes in Katihar district · School staffing across Katihar · …and across Bihar