Bhikhani Bigha
Asthawan block · Nalanda
district, Bihar · PIN 803107
· village code 244509
Population 2011
1,010
Census of India
Population 2020
1,125
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.4%
115 people · 1.2% a year
Households
220
+35.0% vs 163 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,010
Male / female
522 / 488
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
935
Children aged 0–6
157
Literacy rate
65.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
5 / 0
Working population
378
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
80.4%
Households
163
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school
Yes
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
Farming
Farm households
152
Non-farm households
37
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
21 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
19 / 21 / 19
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Onda panchayat, Asthawan 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
₹23.12 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹12.44 lakh
Received directly
₹83,012
Spent
₹10.23 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹26.17 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.66 lakh · received ₹4.96 lakh · spent ₹4.80 lakh · left ₹10.82 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹12.46 lakh · received ₹7.48 lakh · spent ₹5.43 lakh · left ₹15.35 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.2072, 85.6120 —
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staffing across Nalanda ·
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