Chowmukha
Pranpur block · Katihar
district, Bihar · PIN 854416
· village code 225371
Population 2011
1,377
Census of India
Population 2020
1,784
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+29.6%
407 people · 2.9% a year
Households
349
+10.4% vs 316 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,377
Male / female
704 / 673
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
956
Children aged 0–6
243
Literacy rate
43.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
182 / 0
Working population
528
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.3%
Households
316
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
392
Teachers
25
Students per teacher
16
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
35
Non-farm households
25
Share of households farming, 2020
58%
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 2 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pranpur panchayat, Pranpur 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
₹25.59 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.28 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹39.76 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹6.12 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.91 lakh · received ₹8.08 lakh · spent ₹16.55 lakh · left ₹3.43 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹13.69 lakh · received ₹12.20 lakh · spent ₹23.20 lakh · left ₹2.69 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.5135, 87.6660 —
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