Bijwar
Mahishi block · Saharsa
district, Bihar · PIN 852106
· village code 226410
Population 2011
2,626
Census of India
Population 2020
2,705
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+3.0%
79 people · 0.3% a year
Households
497
+7.6% vs 462 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,626
Male / female
1,367 / 1,259
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
921
Children aged 0–6
553
Literacy rate
27.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
820 / 5
Working population
1,258
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.6%
Households
462
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
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
250
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
42
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
352
Non-farm households
23
Share of households farming, 2020
94%
Net sown area
257 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
205 / 153 / 257
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sirwar Birwar panchayat, Mahishi 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
₹64.11 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.19 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹39.35 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹43.95 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹21.64 lakh · received ₹7.65 lakh · spent ₹7.12 lakh · left ₹22.17 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹42.47 lakh · received ₹11.55 lakh · spent ₹32.23 lakh · left ₹21.79 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.8559, 86.4767 —
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