Chiksaura

Hilsa block · Nalanda district, Bihar · PIN 801302 · village code 244768

Population 2011

6,890

Census of India

Population 2020

7,886

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+14.5%

996 people · 1.5% a year

Households

1,395

+18.0% vs 1,182 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

6,890

Male / female

3,587 / 3,303

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

921

Children aged 0–6

1,378

Literacy rate

49.8%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

1,958 / 0

Working population

2,467

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

81.8%

Households

1,182

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

Common service centre

Separately located

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

182

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

1,152

Non-farm households

243

Share of households farming, 2020

83%

Net sown area

378 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

378 / 378 / 22

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Chiksaura panchayat, Hilsa 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

₹20.45 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹15.43 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹32.07 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹3.82 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹15.26 lakh · received ₹6.15 lakh · spent ₹20.29 lakh · left ₹1.12 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹5.20 lakh · received ₹9.28 lakh · spent ₹11.78 lakh · left ₹2.70 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

25.3153, 85.2697 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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