Bichkhara
Khandaghosh block · Purba Bardhaman
district, West Bengal · PIN 713142
· village code 320852
Population 2011
1,015
Census of India
Population 2020
2,082
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+105.1%
1,067 people · 8.3% a year
Households
800
+229.2% vs 243 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,015
Male / female
527 / 488
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
926
Children aged 0–6
101
Literacy rate
61.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
622 / 21
Working population
279
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
98.2%
Households
243
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
only one habitation is covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
282
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
47
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
0
Net sown area
200 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
150 / 200 / 50
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Lodna panchayat, Khandaghosh 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
₹39.24 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹64.69 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹77.98 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹25.95 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.52 lakh · received ₹26.58 lakh · spent ₹28.71 lakh · left ₹7.39 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹29.72 lakh · received ₹38.11 lakh · spent ₹49.27 lakh · left ₹18.56 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.1970, 87.6693 —
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