Chakwa
Jagdishpur block · Bhojpur
district, Bihar · PIN 802152
· village code 247242
Population 2011
12,814
Census of India
Population 2020
13,103
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+2.3%
289 people · 0.2% a year
Households
1,987
+1.1% vs 1,966 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
12,814
Male / female
6,627 / 6,187
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
934
Children aged 0–6
2,088
Literacy rate
56.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
2,114 / 198
Working population
3,610
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
75.8%
Households
1,966
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
2,000
Teachers
25
Students per teacher
80
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,600
Non-farm households
106
Share of households farming, 2020
94%
Net sown area
149 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
120 / 100 / 149
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chakwa panchayat, Jagdishpur 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
₹12.51 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.03 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹28.05 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹4.49 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.13 lakh · received ₹7.98 lakh · spent ₹14.11 lakh · left ₹2.00 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹4.37 lakh · received ₹12.05 lakh · spent ₹13.94 lakh · left ₹2.49 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.4554, 84.4174 —
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population changes in Bhojpur district ·
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