Bhikhi
Gawan block · Giridih
district, Jharkhand · PIN 815313
· village code 350252
Population 2011
575
Census of India
Population 2020
605
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+5.2%
30 people · 0.6% a year
Households
88
+4.8% vs 84 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
575
Male / female
292 / 283
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
969
Children aged 0–6
126
Literacy rate
35.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
39 / 2
Working population
324
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
72.8%
Households
84
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
180
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
45
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
75
Non-farm households
10
Share of households farming, 2020
88%
Net sown area
15 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
15 / 10 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Badidih panchayat, Gawan 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
₹23.71 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.32 lakh
Received directly
₹30,115
Spent
₹11.40 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹23.93 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.31 lakh · received ₹4.53 lakh · spent ₹5.88 lakh · left ₹3.25 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹19.40 lakh · received ₹6.79 lakh · spent ₹5.51 lakh · left ₹20.68 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.6126, 85.9139 —
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