Bighwa
Chicholi block · Betul
district, Madhya Pradesh · PIN 460330
· village code 485768
Population 2011
1,020
Census of India
Population 2020
1,100
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+7.8%
80 people · 0.8% a year
Households
220
+6.3% vs 207 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,020
Male / female
523 / 497
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
950
Children aged 0–6
118
Literacy rate
55.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
31 / 615
Working population
518
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
74.9%
Households
207
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
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
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
76
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
25
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
185
Non-farm households
30
Share of households farming, 2020
86%
Net sown area
106 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
106 / 96 / 28
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bigwa panchayat, Chicholi 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
₹22.69 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹3.93 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹10.42 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹16.20 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.33 lakh · received ₹1.57 lakh · spent ₹7.88 lakh · left ₹6.03 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹10.36 lakh · received ₹2.36 lakh · spent ₹2.54 lakh · left ₹10.17 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.9936, 77.6278 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Betul district ·
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staffing across Betul ·
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