Bhikhapali
Bagbahara block · Mahasamund
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 493449
· village code 446710
Population 2011
906
Census of India
Population 2020
886
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-2.2%
-20 people · -0.2% a year
Households
240
+11.6% vs 215 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
906
Male / female
434 / 472
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,088
Children aged 0–6
136
Literacy rate
56.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
53 / 385
Working population
447
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.6%
Households
215
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
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
80
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
40
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
128
Non-farm households
112
Share of households farming, 2020
53%
Net sown area
268 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
268 / 3 / 0
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Shikaripali panchayat, Bagbahara 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
₹18.26 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.90 lakh
Received directly
₹11.23 lakh
Spent
₹24.63 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹11.77 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.76 lakh · received ₹1.73 lakh · spent ₹7.70 lakh · left ₹4.65 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹11.50 lakh · received ₹5.17 lakh · spent ₹16.92 lakh · left ₹7.12 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.0522, 82.3895 —
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