Bhikhapali
Pithora block · Mahasamund
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 493555
· village code 446434
Population 2011
983
Census of India
Population 2020
1,138
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+15.8%
155 people · 1.6% a year
Households
386
+60.2% vs 241 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
983
Male / female
486 / 497
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,023
Children aged 0–6
100
Literacy rate
58.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
114 / 106
Working population
534
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
89.3%
Households
241
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
38
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
19
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
305
Non-farm households
81
Share of households farming, 2020
79%
Net sown area
295 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
295 / 0 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bheekhapali panchayat, Pithora 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
₹14.73 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹4.38 lakh
Received directly
₹29,317
Spent
₹17.15 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹2.25 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.17 lakh · received ₹1.75 lakh · spent ₹8.41 lakh · left ₹80,339
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹7.56 lakh · received ₹2.63 lakh · spent ₹8.74 lakh · left ₹1.44 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.3682, 82.7708 —
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