Malkha Chak

Dighwara block · Saran district, Bihar · PIN 841207 · village code 234457

Population 2011

3,330

Census of India

Population 2020

4,567

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+37.1%

1,237 people · 3.6% a year

Households

798

+39.0% vs 574 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

3,330

Male / female

1,763 / 1,567

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

889

Children aged 0–6

458

Literacy rate

68.7%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

584 / 0

Working population

862

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

71.1%

Households

574

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school nearest 5 km away

Piped tap water

<50% habitation covered

All-weather road

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank nearest 2 km away

Primary health centre nearest 10 km away

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

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

525

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

450

Non-farm households

335

Share of households farming, 2020

57%

Main irrigation source

Other

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Barua panchayat, Dighwara 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

₹11.40 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹14.49 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹20.98 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹4.91 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹5.67 lakh · received ₹5.77 lakh · spent ₹8.71 lakh · left ₹2.73 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹5.73 lakh · received ₹8.72 lakh · spent ₹12.27 lakh · left ₹2.18 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

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