Bichhiya
Basna block · Mahasamund
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 493558
· village code 445663
Population 2011
1,570
Census of India
Population 2020
1,692
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+7.8%
122 people · 0.8% a year
Households
495
+13.0% vs 438 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,570
Male / female
757 / 813
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,074
Children aged 0–6
180
Literacy rate
60.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
370 / 405
Working population
886
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
91.0%
Households
438
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
220
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
73
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
495
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
380 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
380 / 41 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bichiya S panchayat, Basna 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
₹11.51 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.81 lakh
Received directly
₹31.03 lakh
Spent
₹41.67 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹7.68 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.14 lakh · received ₹2.73 lakh · spent ₹15.74 lakh · left ₹2.51 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹5.37 lakh · received ₹4.08 lakh · spent ₹25.93 lakh · left ₹5.17 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.2793, 82.8175 —
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