Dewangarh
Kawakole block · Nawada
district, Bihar · PIN 805106
· village code 257773
Population 2011
13,073
Census of India
Population 2020
12,380
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-5.3%
-693 people · -0.6% a year
Households
2,370
+8.5% vs 2,185 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
13,073
Male / female
6,479 / 6,594
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,018
Children aged 0–6
2,464
Literacy rate
32.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
3,117 / 43
Working population
5,324
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
88.0%
Households
2,185
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
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
1,200
Teachers
24
Students per teacher
50
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,875
Non-farm households
495
Share of households farming, 2020
79%
Net sown area
226 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
218 / 218 / 226
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dewangarh panchayat, Kawakole 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
₹44.55 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.44 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹39.56 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹25.42 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹21.92 lakh · received ₹8.14 lakh · spent ₹19.80 lakh · left ₹10.27 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹22.63 lakh · received ₹12.29 lakh · spent ₹19.77 lakh · left ₹15.16 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.8452, 85.8856 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Nawada district ·
School
staffing across Nawada ·
…and across Bihar