Chaugain
Chougain block · Buxar
district, Bihar · PIN 802115
· village code 248079
Population 2011
12,611
Census of India
Population 2020
14,521
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+15.2%
1,910 people · 1.6% a year
Households
3,104
+46.1% vs 2,124 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
12,611
Male / female
6,522 / 6,089
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
934
Children aged 0–6
2,187
Literacy rate
56.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,817 / 1
Working population
4,778
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
77.3%
Households
2,124
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
No
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
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
350
Teachers
28
Students per teacher
13
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
2,173
Non-farm households
731
Share of households farming, 2020
75%
Net sown area
420 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
420 / 342 / 35
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chaugain panchayat, Chougain 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
₹44.27 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.72 lakh
Received directly
₹98,891
Spent
₹30.82 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹34.16 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹28.86 lakh · received ₹7.86 lakh · spent ₹2.81 lakh · left ₹33.90 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹15.41 lakh · received ₹11.86 lakh · spent ₹28.01 lakh · left ₹25,909
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.4775, 84.2267 —
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