Bijli
Fingeshwar block · Gariyaband
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 493992
· village code 444842
Population 2011
1,182
Census of India
Population 2020
1,255
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+6.2%
73 people · 0.7% a year
Households
358
+33.1% vs 269 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,182
Male / female
568 / 614
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,081
Children aged 0–6
144
Literacy rate
64.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
152 / 0
Working population
577
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.2%
Households
269
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 1 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
55
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
18
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
300
Non-farm households
58
Share of households farming, 2020
84%
Net sown area
162 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
162 / 160 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bijli panchayat, Fingeshwar 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
₹4.73 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹12.34 lakh
Received directly
₹4.49 lakh
Spent
₹12.67 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹8.89 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹43,969 · received ₹4.93 lakh · spent ₹4.02 lakh · left ₹1.35 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹4.29 lakh · received ₹7.41 lakh · spent ₹8.65 lakh · left ₹7.54 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
20.9358, 81.9999 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Gariyaband district ·
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staffing across Gariyaband ·
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