Sandhwara
Bajpatti block · Sitamarhi
district, Bihar · PIN 843314
· village code 219645
Population 2011
4,048
Census of India
Population 2020
5,314
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+31.3%
1,266 people · 3.1% a year
Households
992
+18.2% vs 839 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,048
Male / female
2,110 / 1,938
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
918
Children aged 0–6
774
Literacy rate
38.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
239 / 1
Working population
1,584
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
86.5%
Households
839
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
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
261
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
44
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
703
Non-farm households
289
Share of households farming, 2020
71%
Net sown area
120 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
105 / 120 / 38
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Madhurapur panchayat, Bajpatti 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
₹7.30 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.49 lakh
Received directly
₹8,489
Spent
₹11.88 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹13.99 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.54 lakh · received ₹7.37 lakh · spent ₹9.52 lakh · left ₹46,794
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹4.76 lakh · received ₹11.12 lakh · spent ₹2.36 lakh · left ₹13.53 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.5405, 85.6171 —
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