Sherwa
Jamalpur block · Mirzapur
district, Uttar Pradesh · PIN 231302
· village code 212784
Population 2011
1,991
Census of India
Population 2020
3,530
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+77.3%
1,539 people · 6.6% a year
Households
555
+70.3% vs 326 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,991
Male / female
1,014 / 977
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
964
Children aged 0–6
321
Literacy rate
51.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
332 / 0
Working population
944
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
88.5%
Households
326
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
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
235
Teachers
11
Students per teacher
21
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
300
Non-farm households
200
Share of households farming, 2020
60%
Net sown area
100 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
100 / 25 / 3
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sherwa panchayat, Jamalpur 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
₹4.25 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.23 lakh
Received directly
₹1.07 lakh
Spent
₹10.83 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹4.71 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.10 lakh · received ₹4.09 lakh · spent ₹4.96 lakh · left ₹1.30 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹3.15 lakh · received ₹6.14 lakh · spent ₹5.88 lakh · left ₹3.41 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.1532, 83.0858 —
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