Dhobi Bigha
Asthawan block · Nalanda
district, Bihar · PIN 803107
· village code 244553
Population 2011
1,585
Census of India
Population 2020
1,642
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+3.6%
57 people · 0.4% a year
Households
275
+5.4% vs 261 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,585
Male / female
824 / 761
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
924
Children aged 0–6
333
Literacy rate
47.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
532 / 0
Working population
425
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
77.2%
Households
261
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
115
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
23
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
96
Non-farm households
72
Share of households farming, 2020
57%
Net sown area
82 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
78 / 82 / 8
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Jana 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
₹47.86 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.27 lakh
Received directly
₹65,130
Spent
₹49.17 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹15.61 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹19.24 lakh · received ₹6.48 lakh · spent ₹12.36 lakh · left ₹14.02 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹28.62 lakh · received ₹9.79 lakh · spent ₹36.81 lakh · left ₹1.60 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.2072, 85.6717 —
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