Sahmalpur
Harahua block · Varanasi
district, Uttar Pradesh · PIN 221105
· village code 208621
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 2,592 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 1,022 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
2,592
Male / female
1,286 / 1,306
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,016
Children aged 0–6
410
Literacy rate
55.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
462 / 0
Working population
767
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
55.5%
Households
383
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi nearest 1 km away
No
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
49
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
12
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
90
Non-farm households
49
Share of households farming, 2020
65%
Net sown area
50 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
30 / 50 / 10
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Gokulpur panchayat, Harahua 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
₹6.74 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.77 lakh
Received directly
₹12,067
Spent
₹13.02 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹4.62 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹83,834 · received ₹4.31 lakh · spent ₹3.73 lakh · left ₹1.54 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹5.90 lakh · received ₹6.46 lakh · spent ₹9.29 lakh · left ₹3.08 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.3694, 82.9946 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Varanasi district ·
School
staffing across Varanasi ·
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