Machhagra
Bhagwanpur Hat block · Siwan
district, Bihar · PIN 841408
· village code 231790
Population 2011
2,394
Census of India
Population 2020
2,441
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+2.0%
47 people · 0.2% a year
Households
335
+3.4% vs 324 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,394
Male / female
1,239 / 1,155
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
932
Children aged 0–6
375
Literacy rate
66.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
142 / 2
Working population
607
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.6%
Households
324
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
100
Non-farm households
89
Share of households farming, 2020
53%
Net sown area
15 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
9 / 9 / 15
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Brahmasthan panchayat, Bhagwanpur Hat 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
₹46.52 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.93 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹53.69 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹9.75 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹20.11 lakh · received ₹6.74 lakh · spent ₹20.94 lakh · left ₹5.92 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹26.40 lakh · received ₹10.18 lakh · spent ₹32.75 lakh · left ₹3.84 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.1261, 84.6890 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Siwan district ·
School
staffing across Siwan ·
…and across Bihar