Simra

Jhanjharpur block · Madhubani district, Bihar · PIN 847404 · village code 220723

Population 2011

5,163

Census of India

Population 2020

5,855

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+13.4%

692 people · 1.4% a year

Households

1,171

+8.0% vs 1,084 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

5,163

Male / female

2,672 / 2,491

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

932

Children aged 0–6

787

Literacy rate

52.8%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

1,212 / 7

Working population

1,754

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

78.8%

Households

1,084

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

Yes

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

189

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

1,052

Non-farm households

115

Share of households farming, 2020

90%

Net sown area

165 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

165 / 96 / 5

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Simrah panchayat, Jhanjharpur 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

₹67.63 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹16.77 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹76.03 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹8.37 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹17.19 lakh · received ₹6.68 lakh · spent ₹19.36 lakh · left ₹4.51 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹50.44 lakh · received ₹10.09 lakh · spent ₹56.67 lakh · left ₹3.86 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

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How this village compares

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