Bikua
Patan block · Palamu
district, Jharkhand · PIN 822123
· village code 365914
Population 2011
325
Census of India
Population 2020
400
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+23.1%
75 people · 2.3% a year
Households
70
+11.1% vs 63 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
325
Male / female
169 / 156
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
923
Children aged 0–6
54
Literacy rate
56.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
69 / 0
Working population
155
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
69.7%
Households
63
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 5 km away
No
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 nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 2 km away
No
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
Farming
Farm households
50
Non-farm households
20
Share of households farming, 2020
71%
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 1 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Saguna panchayat, Patan 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
₹21.15 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.91 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹28.08 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹3.98 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.93 lakh · received ₹4.36 lakh · spent ₹8.54 lakh · left ₹1.75 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹15.23 lakh · received ₹6.54 lakh · spent ₹19.54 lakh · left ₹2.23 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.1982, 84.1706 —
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