Dewa Bigha
Sonbhadra-Bansi-Surajpur block · Arwal
district, Bihar · PIN 804421
· village code 260822
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 166 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 510 — 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
166
Male / female
84 / 82
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
976
Children aged 0–6
31
Literacy rate
42.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
80
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
100.0%
Households
29
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 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
57
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
29
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
57
Non-farm households
36
Share of households farming, 2020
61%
Net sown area
11 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
11 / 9 / 1
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Khatangi Panchayat panchayat, Sonbhadra-Bansi-Surajpur 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
₹55.73 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.57 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹27.05 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹45.25 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.52 lakh · received ₹6.60 lakh · spent ₹10.93 lakh · left ₹6.19 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹45.22 lakh · received ₹9.97 lakh · spent ₹16.12 lakh · left ₹39.06 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
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Biggest
population changes in Arwal district ·
School
staffing across Arwal ·
…and across Bihar