Kharsan
Riga block · Sitamarhi
district, Bihar · PIN 843327
· village code 219379
Population 2011
5,056
Census of India
Population 2020
5,465
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+8.1%
409 people · 0.9% a year
Households
1,125
+3.3% vs 1,089 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,056
Male / female
2,684 / 2,372
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
884
Children aged 0–6
973
Literacy rate
45.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,486 / 0
Working population
1,432
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.0%
Households
1,089
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
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
301
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
38
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
702
Non-farm households
416
Share of households farming, 2020
63%
Net sown area
176 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
126 / 176 / 80
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sahbajpur panchayat, Riga 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
₹20.12 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹21.33 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹22.89 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹18.56 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.71 lakh · received ₹8.50 lakh · spent ₹11.28 lakh · left ₹1.93 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹15.41 lakh · received ₹12.83 lakh · spent ₹11.61 lakh · left ₹16.63 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.6598, 85.4301 —
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