Shekh Bigha
Khizarsarai block · Gaya
district, Bihar · PIN 824233
· village code 254964
Population 2011
747
Census of India
Population 2020
765
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+2.4%
18 people · 0.3% a year
Households
112
+4.7% vs 107 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
747
Male / female
362 / 385
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,064
Children aged 0–6
158
Literacy rate
47.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
60 / 0
Working population
244
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.6%
Households
107
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
95
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
16
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
93
Non-farm households
17
Share of households farming, 2020
85%
Net sown area
86 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
86 / 86 / 5
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bihta panchayat, Khizarsarai 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
₹56.44 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹15.75 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹62.85 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹9.34 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.49 lakh · received ₹6.27 lakh · spent ₹19.26 lakh · left ₹50,423
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹42.95 lakh · received ₹9.47 lakh · spent ₹43.59 lakh · left ₹8.83 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.0090, 85.2149 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Gaya district ·
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staffing across Gaya ·
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