Dhankaul

Patepur block · Vaishali district, Bihar · PIN 843114 · village code 235145

Population 2011

3,535

Census of India

Population 2020

4,285

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+21.2%

750 people · 2.2% a year

Households

840

+19.5% vs 703 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

3,535

Male / female

1,845 / 1,690

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

916

Children aged 0–6

593

Literacy rate

58.6%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

704 / 19

Working population

1,265

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

84.0%

Households

703

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school nearest 2 km away

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 5 km away

Primary health centre nearest 5 km away

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

Common service centre

Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan

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

429

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

560

Non-farm households

280

Share of households farming, 2020

67%

Net sown area

20 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

12 / 20 / 7

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Nirpur panchayat, Patepur 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

₹33.59 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹17.30 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹44.54 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹6.36 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹14.80 lakh · received ₹6.89 lakh · spent ₹15.43 lakh · left ₹6.27 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹18.79 lakh · received ₹10.41 lakh · spent ₹29.11 lakh · left ₹9,139

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

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