Bhikhi
Chhatarpur block · Palamu
district, Jharkhand · PIN 822113
· village code 365531
Population 2011
1,316
Census of India
Population 2020
1,293
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-1.8%
-23 people · -0.2% a year
Households
293
+24.1% vs 236 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,316
Male / female
685 / 631
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
921
Children aged 0–6
271
Literacy rate
36.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
659 / 456
Working population
536
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.9%
Households
236
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 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
226
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
75
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
200
Non-farm households
93
Share of households farming, 2020
68%
Net sown area
30 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
30 / 30 / 10
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Murumdag panchayat, Chhatarpur 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
₹14.28 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹13.67 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹18.40 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹9.54 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.27 lakh · received ₹5.47 lakh · spent ₹8.53 lakh · left ₹20,958
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹11.01 lakh · received ₹8.20 lakh · spent ₹9.88 lakh · left ₹9.33 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.3604, 84.1990 —
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