Bhikhampur
Wazirganj block · Gaya
district, Bihar · PIN 805131
· village code 256760
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,186 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 3,090 — 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
1,186
Male / female
626 / 560
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
895
Children aged 0–6
205
Literacy rate
64.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
582 / 0
Working population
625
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
45.8%
Households
131
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 5 km away
No
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
only one habitation is covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
101
Non-farm households
16
Share of households farming, 2020
86%
Net sown area
56 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
56 / 24 / 5
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Nawada panchayat, Wazirganj 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
₹27.65 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.74 lakh
Received directly
₹79,350
Spent
₹35.92 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹11.27 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.75 lakh · received ₹7.47 lakh · spent ₹11.52 lakh · left ₹3.49 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹20.91 lakh · received ₹11.27 lakh · spent ₹24.40 lakh · left ₹7.78 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.7977, 85.1384 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Gaya district ·
School
staffing across Gaya ·
…and across Bihar