Bahir Chilai

Murkongselek block · Dhemaji district, Assam · PIN 787060 · village code 289584

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 464 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 256 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

464

Male / female

244 / 220

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

902

Children aged 0–6

Literacy rate

56.0%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

0 / 459

Working population

270

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

98.5%

Households

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

<50% habitation covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank nearest 5 km away

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

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

120

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

97%

Net sown area

15 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

15 / 3 / 2

Main irrigation source

Other

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Sille panchayat, Murkongselek 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

₹48.01 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹20.46 lakh

Received directly

₹12.28 lakh

Spent

₹28.30 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹52.44 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹16.52 lakh · received ₹8.18 lakh · spent ₹11.50 lakh · left ₹13.21 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹31.49 lakh · received ₹12.28 lakh · spent ₹16.81 lakh · left ₹39.24 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

27.7658, 95.2561 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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