Chak Begam
Begusarai block · Begusarai
district, Bihar · PIN 851131
· village code 238108
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 528 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 1,911 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
528
Male / female
263 / 265
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,008
Children aged 0–6
82
Literacy rate
45.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
332 / 0
Working population
174
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
47.7%
Households
114
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
191
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
64
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
85
Non-farm households
39
Share of households farming, 2020
69%
Net sown area
4 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
4 / 2 / 3
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Shankh panchayat, Begusarai 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
₹67.97 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹28.94 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹72.47 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹24.44 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹30.09 lakh · received ₹11.53 lakh · spent ₹38.74 lakh · left ₹2.87 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹37.89 lakh · received ₹17.41 lakh · spent ₹33.73 lakh · left ₹21.57 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.4414, 86.1170 —
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Nearby villages
Chak Aziz
compare · Chak Bal
compare · Chak Balli
compare · Chak Banwar
compare · Chak Began
compare · Chak Bhelu
compare · Chak Chadupar
compare · Chak Chanarpat
compare
How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Begusarai district ·
School
staffing across Begusarai ·
…and across Bihar