Dhandiha
Koilwar block · Bhojpur
district, Bihar · PIN 802161
· village code 246953
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,278 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 12,615 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
1,278
Male / female
663 / 615
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
928
Children aged 0–6
226
Literacy rate
60.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
63 / 0
Working population
396
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.4%
Households
226
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
No
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
Farming
Farm households
990
Non-farm households
368
Share of households farming, 2020
73%
Net sown area
4,000 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
4,000 / 37 / 32
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dhandiha panchayat, Koilwar 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
₹13.94 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.04 lakh
Received directly
₹15,874
Spent
₹27.52 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹2.62 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.62 lakh · received ₹6.39 lakh · spent ₹12.22 lakh · left ₹94,465
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹7.33 lakh · received ₹9.65 lakh · spent ₹15.30 lakh · left ₹1.68 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.5135, 84.7311 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Bhojpur district ·
School
staffing across Bhojpur ·
…and across Bihar