Chanan
Salkhua block · Saharsa
district, Bihar · PIN 852106
· village code 226647
Population 2011
3,958
Census of India
Population 2020
4,795
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+21.1%
837 people · 2.2% a year
Households
815
+9.5% vs 744 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,958
Male / female
2,094 / 1,864
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
890
Children aged 0–6
912
Literacy rate
26.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
520 / 0
Working population
1,444
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
85.9%
Households
744
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport nearest 5 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
155
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
31
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
675
Non-farm households
60
Share of households farming, 2020
92%
Net sown area
340 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
340 / 320 / 40
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chanan panchayat, Salkhua 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
₹87.74 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹22.43 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹34.48 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹75.68 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹25.49 lakh · received ₹8.94 lakh · spent ₹21.08 lakh · left ₹13.35 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹62.25 lakh · received ₹13.49 lakh · spent ₹13.40 lakh · left ₹62.34 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.7297, 86.5247 —
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