Sandalpur
Araria block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854325
· village code 221876
Population 2011
5,527
Census of India
Population 2020
8,950
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+61.9%
3,423 people · 5.5% a year
Households
1,770
+57.8% vs 1,122 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,527
Male / female
2,878 / 2,649
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
920
Children aged 0–6
1,418
Literacy rate
32.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
272 / 2
Working population
1,814
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
81.2%
Households
1,122
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
214
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
43
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
550
Non-farm households
1,220
Share of households farming, 2020
31%
Net sown area
124 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
124 / 97 / 55
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Gainrha 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
₹48.10 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹25.02 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹33.19 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹39.94 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹27.41 lakh · received ₹9.97 lakh · spent ₹25.27 lakh · left ₹12.11 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹20.69 lakh · received ₹15.05 lakh · spent ₹7.92 lakh · left ₹27.83 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.9980, 87.4677 —
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