Amba Bigha
Asthawan block · Nalanda
district, Bihar · PIN 803107
· village code 244525
Population 2011
1,233
Census of India
Population 2020
1,393
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+13.0%
160 people · 1.4% a year
Households
355
+89.8% vs 187 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,233
Male / female
593 / 640
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,079
Children aged 0–6
291
Literacy rate
37.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
567 / 13
Working population
303
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
44.5%
Households
187
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
150
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
300
Non-farm households
50
Share of households farming, 2020
86%
Net sown area
295 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
295 / 256 / 295
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Gilani 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
₹42.62 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹12.23 lakh
Received directly
₹1.24 lakh
Spent
₹32.31 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹23.77 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.36 lakh · received ₹4.87 lakh · spent ₹7.25 lakh · left ₹9.98 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹30.26 lakh · received ₹7.36 lakh · spent ₹25.07 lakh · left ₹13.79 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.2089, 85.6828 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Nalanda district ·
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staffing across Nalanda ·
…and across Bihar