Bicha
Patratu block · Ramgarh
district, Jharkhand · PIN 829106
· village code 368968
Population 2011
1,936
Census of India
Population 2020
1,800
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-7.0%
-136 people · -0.8% a year
Households
1,100
+217.9% vs 346 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,936
Male / female
956 / 980
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,025
Children aged 0–6
351
Literacy rate
39.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
57 / 1,522
Working population
803
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
20.9%
Households
346
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
122
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
61
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
800
Non-farm households
300
Share of households farming, 2020
73%
Net sown area
400 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
400 / 125 / 110
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bicha panchayat, Patratu 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
₹14.85 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.09 lakh
Received directly
₹28,757
Spent
₹22.87 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹2.35 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.99 lakh · received ₹4.03 lakh · spent ₹10.99 lakh · left ₹1.32 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹6.85 lakh · received ₹6.05 lakh · spent ₹11.88 lakh · left ₹1.03 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.6216, 85.2905 —
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