Machhendra
Jhajha block · Jamui
district, Bihar · PIN 811305
· village code 259002
Population 2011
1,619
Census of India
Population 2020
2,645
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+63.4%
1,026 people · 5.6% a year
Households
318
+16.5% vs 273 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,619
Male / female
834 / 785
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
941
Children aged 0–6
338
Literacy rate
55.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
191 / 0
Working population
666
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
40.1%
Households
273
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
277
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
40
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
295
Non-farm households
23
Share of households farming, 2020
93%
Net sown area
247 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
170 / 247 / 247
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Keshopur panchayat, Jhajha 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
₹18.35 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹14.07 lakh
Received directly
₹30,414
Spent
₹26.60 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹6.12 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.85 lakh · received ₹5.61 lakh · spent ₹14.44 lakh · left ₹2.32 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹7.50 lakh · received ₹8.46 lakh · spent ₹12.17 lakh · left ₹3.80 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.8462, 86.3471 —
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