Bichuwa

Dheemerkheda block · Katni district, Madhya Pradesh · PIN 483773 · village code 488897

Population 2011

939

Census of India

Population 2020

1,048

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+11.6%

109 people · 1.2% a year

Households

245

+0.8% vs 243 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

939

Male / female

473 / 466

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

985

Children aged 0–6

144

Literacy rate

50.6%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

117 / 801

Working population

572

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

88.6%

Households

243

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water nearest 10 km away

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 5 km away

Primary health centre nearest 5 km away

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

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

241

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

98%

Net sown area

177 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

177 / 151 / 14

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Bichua panchayat, Dheemerkheda 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

₹20.79 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹5.21 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹11.16 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹14.84 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹8.66 lakh · received ₹2.08 lakh · spent ₹9.78 lakh · left ₹97,033

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹12.13 lakh · received ₹3.13 lakh · spent ₹1.39 lakh · left ₹13.87 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

23.6216, 80.5904 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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