Bhikhampur
Nawagarh block · Bemetara
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 491340
· village code 441871
Population 2011
395
Census of India
Population 2020
614
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+55.4%
219 people · 5.0% a year
Households
186
+91.8% vs 97 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
395
Male / female
214 / 181
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
846
Children aged 0–6
48
Literacy rate
59.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
253 / 0
Working population
181
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.5%
Households
97
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
44
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
22
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
156
Non-farm households
5
Share of households farming, 2020
97%
Net sown area
91 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
91 / 25 / 10
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pousari panchayat, Nawagarh 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
₹4.34 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹8.44 lakh
Received directly
₹1.50 lakh
Spent
₹7.98 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹6.30 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.98 lakh · received ₹3.37 lakh · spent ₹3.14 lakh · left ₹3.72 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹2.37 lakh · received ₹5.06 lakh · spent ₹4.85 lakh · left ₹2.58 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.8037, 81.7492 —
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