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Sahamalpur

Pindra block · Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh · PIN 221208 · village code 208804

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 745 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 1,892 — 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
745
Male / female
403 / 342
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
849
Children aged 0–6
118
Literacy rate
69.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
14 / 0
Working population
149
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
35.6%
Households
95

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>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
142
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
24
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes

Farming

Farm households
265
Non-farm households
144
Share of households farming, 2020
65%
Net sown area
163 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
163 / 163 / 32
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Sahamalpur panchayat, Pindra 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
₹2.49 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹9.14 lakh
Received directly
Spent
₹8.62 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹3.00 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹0 · received ₹3.65 lakh · spent ₹3.65 lakh · left ₹43
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹2.49 lakh · received ₹5.48 lakh · spent ₹4.97 lakh · left ₹3.00 lakh

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

Location

25.4266, 82.8652 — view on OpenStreetMap

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