Godhanpur
Jhanjharpur block · Madhubani
district, Bihar · PIN 847404
· village code 220726
Population 2011
5,090
Census of India
Population 2020
6,026
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+18.4%
936 people · 1.9% a year
Households
1,208
+6.0% vs 1,140 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,090
Male / female
2,713 / 2,377
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
876
Children aged 0–6
920
Literacy rate
44.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
359 / 4
Working population
2,204
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
88.4%
Households
1,140
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
only one habitation is covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
8
Students per teacher
33
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
773
Non-farm households
30
Share of households farming, 2020
96%
Net sown area
181 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
181 / 152 / 12
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sukhet 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
₹25.72 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.10 lakh
Received directly
₹78,052
Spent
₹33.36 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹13.23 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.14 lakh · received ₹8.01 lakh · spent ₹19.37 lakh · left ₹3.78 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹10.58 lakh · received ₹12.09 lakh · spent ₹13.99 lakh · left ₹9.46 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.2731, 86.3101 —
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