# Bigha Village, Mohangarh, Tikamgarh (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Mohangarh, Tikamgarh 

# Bigha

Bigha is a village in Mohangarh sub-district of Tikamgarh district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,489 people in 378 households**, the 21st largest of 74 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.6%.

- 1,489people (2011)
- 378households
- 61.0%literacy
- 902females per 1,000 males

## Bigha PIN code and other codes

Bigha falls in Mohangarh sub-district, Tikamgarh district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockJatara
- Census village code456872

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Bigha from nearby towns?

- Jatara (sub-district HQ)27 km by road
- Tikamgarh (district HQ)25 km by road
- Tikamgarh (nearest town)25 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Bigha?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Bigha; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Digoda
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Tikamgarh
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Tikamgarh
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 6 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Bigha known for?

The main crops are **wheat, chana and urad**. About 88% of the 355 hectares of village land is sown, and 298 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Bigha

Of every 100 households in Bigha in 2011, 3 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bigha · ■ Mohangarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**47%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**98%

Use banking services ****9%**

**31%

Television ****2%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**30%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Bigha?

■ Bigha · ■ Mohangarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.0%**

**57.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****902**

**898

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****862**

**888

Working population ****54.4%**

**50.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.3% for men and 46.5% for women. 58% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 443 (55%) · **■** Farm labourers 54 (7%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 14 (2%) · **■** Marginal 298 (37%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Mohangarh

- Nadiya1,644 people
- Dargay Khurd1,593 people
- Kumhedi Khas1,550 people
- Dargay Kalan1,536 people
- Brishbhanpura1,455 people
- Majguwan1,428 people
- Bindari Khas1,406 people
- Basnera1,390 people

[All 88 villages in Mohangarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/tikamgarh/mohangarh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Bigha from Tikamgarh?25 km by road
- What is the population of Bigha?1,489 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bigha in?Tikamgarh district (Mohangarh sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bigha?61.0% (Census 2011)