Chikhal Pahela
Bhandara block · Bhandara
district, Maharashtra · PIN 441924
· village code 537053
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 410 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 1,060 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
410
Male / female
206 / 204
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
990
Children aged 0–6
43
Literacy rate
67.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
62 / 0
Working population
255
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.6%
Households
106
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
57
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
10
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
220
Non-farm households
20
Share of households farming, 2020
92%
Net sown area
200 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
105 / 200 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chikhalpahela panchayat, Bhandara 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
₹5.15 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.33 lakh
Received directly
₹26,092
Spent
₹2.88 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹8.87 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.06 lakh · received ₹2.42 lakh · spent ₹1.72 lakh · left ₹2.01 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹4.10 lakh · received ₹3.91 lakh · spent ₹1.16 lakh · left ₹6.85 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.1712, 79.6266 —
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Nearby villages
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Bhandara district ·
School
staffing across Bhandara ·
…and across Maharashtra