Chatra Badh

Gwalpara block · Madhepura district, Bihar · PIN 852115 · village code 226029

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 334 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 1,560 — 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

334

Male / female

157 / 177

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,127

Children aged 0–6

Literacy rate

19.5%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

0 / 0

Working population

182

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

75.3%

Households

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school nearest 2 km away

Middle school nearest 2 km away

High school nearest 2 km away

Piped tap water

<50% habitation covered

All-weather road nearest 2 km away

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 5 km away

Primary health centre

CHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Common service centre

Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan

Farming

Farm households

354

Non-farm households

120

Share of households farming, 2020

75%

Net sown area

87 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

87 / 53 / 72

Main irrigation source

Surface water

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Birgawn Chatara panchayat, Gwalpara 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

₹21.92 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹9.99 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹23.70 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹8.21 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹13.03 lakh · received ₹3.98 lakh · spent ₹11.26 lakh · left ₹5.75 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹8.89 lakh · received ₹6.01 lakh · spent ₹12.44 lakh · left ₹2.46 lakh

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

Location

25.7838, 86.9243 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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