Sherpur
Gaunaha block · Pashchim Champaran
district, Bihar · PIN 845455
· village code 216334
Population 2011
984
Census of India
Population 2020
1,098
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.6%
114 people · 1.2% a year
Households
155
+10.7% vs 140 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
984
Male / female
510 / 474
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
929
Children aged 0–6
210
Literacy rate
46.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
13 / 256
Working population
466
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.3%
Households
140
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
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
108
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
54
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
80
Non-farm households
75
Share of households farming, 2020
52%
Net sown area
29 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
0 / 0 / 29
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Matiariya panchayat, Gaunaha 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
₹49.00 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.59 lakh
Received directly
₹28,348
Spent
₹34.36 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹32.52 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹18.71 lakh · received ₹7.01 lakh · spent ₹19.42 lakh · left ₹6.59 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹30.28 lakh · received ₹10.58 lakh · spent ₹14.94 lakh · left ₹25.93 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
27.2849, 84.5215 —
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