Bichhiya

Shahpura block · Dindori district, Madhya Pradesh · PIN 481885 · village code 491675

Population 2011

2,362

Census of India

Population 2020

3,671

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+55.4%

1,309 people · 5.0% a year

Households

567

-6.1% vs 604 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

2,362

Male / female

1,188 / 1,174

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

988

Children aged 0–6

278

Literacy rate

65.1%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

349 / 311

Working population

1,258

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

43.8%

Households

604

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

<50% habitation covered

All-weather road nearest 10 km away

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

4-8 Hrs

Bank nearest 10 km away

Primary health centre nearest 10 km away

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

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

187

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Girls

Computer lab

Playground

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

179

Non-farm households

388

Share of households farming, 2020

32%

Net sown area

220 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

220 / 132 / 51

Main irrigation source

Other

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Bichiya panchayat, Shahpura 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

₹36.64 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹5.12 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹22.42 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹19.34 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹17.20 lakh · received ₹2.05 lakh · spent ₹10.00 lakh · left ₹9.24 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹19.45 lakh · received ₹3.07 lakh · spent ₹12.42 lakh · left ₹10.10 lakh

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

Location

23.0991, 80.5674 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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