Dhekwaha
Islampur block · Nalanda
district, Bihar · PIN 801303
· village code 244911
Population 2011
4,017
Census of India
Population 2020
5,002
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+24.5%
985 people · 2.5% a year
Households
5,002
+651.0% vs 666 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,017
Male / female
2,113 / 1,904
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
901
Children aged 0–6
689
Literacy rate
55.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
536 / 2
Working population
1,708
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
71.8%
Households
666
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 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
25
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
6
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
7
Non-farm households
160
Share of households farming, 2020
4%
Net sown area
1 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1 / 1 / 1
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dhekwaha panchayat, Islampur 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
₹28.21 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹13.28 lakh
Received directly
₹56,827
Spent
₹30.25 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹11.80 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.77 lakh · received ₹5.29 lakh · spent ₹10.77 lakh · left ₹9.29 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹13.44 lakh · received ₹7.99 lakh · spent ₹19.49 lakh · left ₹2.51 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.1351, 85.3027 —
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