Bichhwa
Sikandra block · Jamui
district, Bihar · PIN 811315
· village code 258616
Population 2011
3,035
Census of India
Population 2020
3,500
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+15.3%
465 people · 1.6% a year
Households
600
+34.8% vs 445 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,035
Male / female
1,569 / 1,466
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
934
Children aged 0–6
586
Literacy rate
48.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
409 / 0
Working population
1,698
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
98.9%
Households
445
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
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
250
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
50
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
500
Non-farm households
10
Share of households farming, 2020
98%
Net sown area
750 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
750 / 265 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bichhwe panchayat, Sikandra 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
₹64.79 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹15.14 lakh
Received directly
₹1.93 lakh
Spent
₹48.60 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹33.26 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹39.09 lakh · received ₹6.03 lakh · spent ₹22.03 lakh · left ₹25.02 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹25.70 lakh · received ₹9.11 lakh · spent ₹26.56 lakh · left ₹8.24 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.9189, 86.0465 —
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