Chikni Darmeani
Sour Bazar block · Saharsa
district, Bihar · PIN 852221
· village code 226492
Population 2011
1,302
Census of India
Population 2020
1,002
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-23.0%
-300 people · -2.9% a year
Households
229
+1.3% vs 226 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,302
Male / female
695 / 607
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
873
Children aged 0–6
311
Literacy rate
38.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
72 / 0
Working population
403
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.8%
Households
226
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 5 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
356
Teachers
9
Students per teacher
40
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
175
Non-farm households
49
Share of households farming, 2020
78%
Net sown area
64 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
55 / 64 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Rauta Khem 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
₹1.04 crore
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.43 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹99.33 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹23.64 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹54.24 lakh · received ₹7.74 lakh · spent ₹38.99 lakh · left ₹22.98 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹49.30 lakh · received ₹11.69 lakh · spent ₹60.33 lakh · left ₹65,435
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.7760, 86.6667 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Saharsa district ·
School
staffing across Saharsa ·
…and across Bihar