Bhikhahi
Danda block · Garhwa
district, Jharkhand · PIN 822124
· village code 347829
Population 2011
4,709
Census of India
Population 2020
6,595
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+40.0%
1,886 people · 3.8% a year
Households
988
+18.6% vs 833 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,709
Male / female
2,424 / 2,285
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
943
Children aged 0–6
864
Literacy rate
45.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
64 / 0
Working population
1,759
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.0%
Households
833
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
750
Teachers
19
Students per teacher
40
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
899
Non-farm households
85
Share of households farming, 2020
91%
Net sown area
280 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
280 / 120 / 10
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bhikhahi panchayat, Danda 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
₹22.40 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹9.31 lakh
Received directly
₹62,274
Spent
₹10.18 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹22.15 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.96 lakh · received ₹3.72 lakh · spent ₹61,750 · left ₹13.69 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹12.44 lakh · received ₹5.59 lakh · spent ₹9.56 lakh · left ₹8.46 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.1510, 83.9578 —
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