Sahasmal
Araria block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854311
· village code 221806
Population 2011
11,190
Census of India
Population 2020
14,230
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+27.2%
3,040 people · 2.7% a year
Households
3,511
+49.2% vs 2,353 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
11,190
Male / female
5,808 / 5,382
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
927
Children aged 0–6
2,353
Literacy rate
35.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
3,204 / 11
Working population
4,851
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.9%
Households
2,353
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
245
Teachers
10
Students per teacher
25
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
2,508
Non-farm households
1,003
Share of households farming, 2020
71%
Net sown area
1,900 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1,900 / 1,000 / 100
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sahasmal panchayat, Araria 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
₹86.73 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹24.56 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹59.77 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹51.51 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹28.09 lakh · received ₹9.78 lakh · spent ₹7.86 lakh · left ₹30.01 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹58.64 lakh · received ₹14.77 lakh · spent ₹51.91 lakh · left ₹21.50 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.1441, 87.4719 —
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