Shaikhpura
Bhargama block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854334
· village code 221649
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 5,517 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 3,100 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
5,517
Male / female
2,858 / 2,659
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
930
Children aged 0–6
1,025
Literacy rate
43.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
782 / 10
Working population
2,662
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
98.0%
Households
1,121
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
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
236
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
59
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
560
Non-farm households
150
Share of households farming, 2020
79%
Net sown area
545 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
545 / 542 / 10
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Raghunathpur North panchayat, Bhargama 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
₹44.74 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.28 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹30.22 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹33.80 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹18.52 lakh · received ₹7.68 lakh · spent ₹4.96 lakh · left ₹21.24 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹26.23 lakh · received ₹11.60 lakh · spent ₹25.26 lakh · left ₹12.56 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.0843, 87.1455 —
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staffing across Araria ·
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