Bhikhnidih
Topchanchi block · Dhanbad
district, Jharkhand · PIN 828402
· village code 361348
Population 2011
545
Census of India
Population 2020
780
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+43.1%
235 people · 4.1% a year
Households
150
+54.6% vs 97 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
545
Male / female
290 / 255
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
879
Children aged 0–6
79
Literacy rate
68.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
195
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
35.4%
Households
97
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
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
50
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
25
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
100
Non-farm households
50
Share of households farming, 2020
67%
Net sown area
15 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
12 / 13 / 15
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Gendanawadih panchayat, Topchanchi 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
₹32.81 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹9.30 lakh
Received directly
₹1.06 lakh
Spent
₹28.12 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹15.05 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.97 lakh · received ₹3.72 lakh · spent ₹11.37 lakh · left ₹3.39 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹22.84 lakh · received ₹5.58 lakh · spent ₹16.75 lakh · left ₹11.67 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.9099, 86.1892 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Dhanbad district ·
School
staffing across Dhanbad ·
…and across Jharkhand