Salha
Benipatti block · Madhubani
district, Bihar · PIN 847223
· village code 220257
Population 2011
2,799
Census of India
Population 2020
6,000
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+114.4%
3,201 people · 8.8% a year
Households
800
+62.9% vs 491 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,799
Male / female
1,454 / 1,345
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
925
Children aged 0–6
544
Literacy rate
40.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
1,118
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
98.2%
Households
491
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
500
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
83
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
300
Non-farm households
100
Share of households farming, 2020
75%
Net sown area
150 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
150 / 100 / 60
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Salha panchayat, Benipatti 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
₹28.66 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.93 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹21.71 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹24.88 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹18.56 lakh · received ₹7.14 lakh · spent ₹12.04 lakh · left ₹13.66 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹10.11 lakh · received ₹10.78 lakh · spent ₹9.67 lakh · left ₹11.22 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.4505, 85.8921 —
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