Bijghar

Khed block · Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra · PIN 415709 · village code 565067

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,332 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 13,332 — 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

1,332

Male / female

636 / 696

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,094

Children aged 0–6

102

Literacy rate

77.2%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

149 / 35

Working population

616

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

96.1%

Households

368

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school nearest 5 km away

Middle school nearest 5 km away

High school nearest 5 km away

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

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

Common service centre

No CSC

Farming

Farm households

146

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

100%

Net sown area

915 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

915 / 0 / 0

Main irrigation source

Other

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Bijaghar panchayat, Khed 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

₹27.97 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹3.83 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹1.64 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹30.16 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹10.43 lakh · received ₹1.39 lakh · spent ₹1.30 lakh · left ₹10.52 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹17.54 lakh · received ₹2.44 lakh · spent ₹33,648 · left ₹19.64 lakh

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

Location

17.7181, 73.3982 — view on OpenStreetMap

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