Bija
Takhatpur block · Bilaspur
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 495113
· village code 438573
Population 2011
3,086
Census of India
Population 2020
3,322
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+7.7%
236 people · 0.8% a year
Households
1,086
+61.4% vs 673 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,086
Male / female
1,576 / 1,510
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
958
Children aged 0–6
500
Literacy rate
58.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
946 / 518
Working population
1,433
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
93.6%
Households
673
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 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
85
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
17
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
150
Non-farm households
170
Share of households farming, 2020
47%
Net sown area
586 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
586 / 80 / 4
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bija panchayat, Takhatpur 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
₹9.86 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.91 lakh
Received directly
₹2.02 lakh
Spent
₹24.01 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹7.78 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.94 lakh · received ₹7.98 lakh · spent ₹11.03 lakh · left ₹1.92 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹5.92 lakh · received ₹11.93 lakh · spent ₹12.99 lakh · left ₹5.86 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.2162, 81.8414 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Bilaspur district ·
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staffing across Bilaspur ·
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