Samokhan
Risia block · Bahraich
district, Uttar Pradesh · PIN 271882
· village code 171558
Population 2011
3,545
Census of India
Population 2020
4,254
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+20.0%
709 people · 2.0% a year
Households
618
+4.2% vs 593 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,545
Male / female
1,828 / 1,717
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
939
Children aged 0–6
635
Literacy rate
42.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
587 / 0
Working population
1,253
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
78.8%
Households
593
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 1 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 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
269
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
38
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
444
Non-farm households
149
Share of households farming, 2020
75%
Net sown area
111 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
111 / 90 / 20
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Samokhan panchayat, Risia 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
₹1.28 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹13.16 lakh
Received directly
₹46,120
Spent
₹14.83 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹6,658
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.09 lakh · received ₹5.26 lakh · spent ₹6.75 lakh · left ₹6,464
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18,706 · received ₹7.90 lakh · spent ₹8.08 lakh · left ₹194
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
27.8739, 81.5111 —
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