Sherwanipur
Baragaon block · Varanasi
district, Uttar Pradesh · PIN 221204
· village code 208568
Population 2011
2,016
Census of India
Population 2020
2,465
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+22.3%
449 people · 2.3% a year
Households
300
+4.9% vs 286 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,016
Male / female
1,006 / 1,010
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,004
Children aged 0–6
260
Literacy rate
66.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
597 / 0
Working population
647
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
81.8%
Households
286
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 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
138
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
28
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
240
Non-farm households
60
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
40 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
40 / 35 / 3
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sherwanipur panchayat, Baragaon 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
₹4.51 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹7.56 lakh
Received directly
₹12,949
Spent
₹9.16 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹3.05 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.69 lakh · received ₹3.03 lakh · spent ₹4.49 lakh · left ₹1.35 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹1.83 lakh · received ₹4.54 lakh · spent ₹4.67 lakh · left ₹1.70 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.4295, 82.8063 —
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