Shaifganj
Forbesganj block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854318
· village code 221541
Population 2011
7,038
Census of India
Population 2020
7,800
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+10.8%
762 people · 1.1% a year
Households
1,652
+18.8% vs 1,391 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
7,038
Male / female
3,614 / 3,424
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
947
Children aged 0–6
1,424
Literacy rate
37.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,721 / 1,086
Working population
3,242
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
86.9%
Households
1,391
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 5 km away
No
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 2 km away
No
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
250
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
222 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
222 / 107 / 102
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Saifganj panchayat, Forbesganj 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
₹12.14 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.79 lakh
Received directly
₹17.79 lakh
Spent
₹21.58 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹26.14 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.11 lakh · received ₹7.09 lakh · spent ₹10.16 lakh · left ₹11.13 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹5.03 lakh · received ₹10.70 lakh · spent ₹11.43 lakh · left ₹15.01 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.2883, 87.2588 —
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