Dhankaul
Ariari block · Sheikhpura
district, Bihar · PIN 811105
· village code 244053
Population 2011
1,670
Census of India
Population 2020
2,324
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+39.2%
654 people · 3.7% a year
Households
189
-16.0% vs 225 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,670
Male / female
837 / 833
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
995
Children aged 0–6
304
Literacy rate
47.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
449 / 0
Working population
771
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
65.5%
Households
225
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
No
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
95
Non-farm households
94
Share of households farming, 2020
50%
Net sown area
104 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
58 / 104 / 15
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Aifni panchayat, Ariari 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
₹78.39 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.64 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹50.71 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹45.32 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹52.60 lakh · received ₹7.03 lakh · spent ₹17.17 lakh · left ₹42.46 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹25.79 lakh · received ₹10.61 lakh · spent ₹33.55 lakh · left ₹2.85 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.0450, 85.7967 —
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