Bancholha
Sour Bazar block · Saharsa
district, Bihar · PIN 852221
· village code 226456
Population 2011
1,549
Census of India
Population 2020
1,828
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+18.0%
279 people · 1.9% a year
Households
400
+26.2% vs 317 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,549
Male / female
828 / 721
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
871
Children aged 0–6
320
Literacy rate
59.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
751 / 1
Working population
498
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
88.0%
Households
317
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
CHC
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
500
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
63
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
None
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
260
Non-farm households
110
Share of households farming, 2020
70%
Net sown area
88 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
81 / 88 / 11
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Khajuri panchayat, Sour Bazar 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
₹1.13 crore
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹21.52 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹91.35 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹43.66 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹48.47 lakh · received ₹8.58 lakh · spent ₹56.76 lakh · left ₹27,798
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹65.02 lakh · received ₹12.95 lakh · spent ₹34.59 lakh · left ₹43.38 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.9099, 86.6765 —
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