Shankarpur
Forbesganj block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854318
· village code 221542
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 346 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 2,045 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
346
Male / female
186 / 160
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
860
Children aged 0–6
51
Literacy rate
68.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
172
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
80.2%
Households
84
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 10 km away
No
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
78
Non-farm households
177
Share of households farming, 2020
31%
Net sown area
45 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
45 / 25 / 3
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Aurahi West 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
₹12.66 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹21.96 lakh
Received directly
₹21.24 lakh
Spent
₹26.22 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹29.65 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.03 lakh · received ₹8.75 lakh · spent ₹11.53 lakh · left ₹13.75 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹4.63 lakh · received ₹13.21 lakh · spent ₹14.69 lakh · left ₹15.90 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.2870, 87.2679 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Araria district ·
School
staffing across Araria ·
…and across Bihar