Shekhpura
Pothia block · Kishanganj
district, Bihar · PIN 855117
· village code 222594
Population 2011
646
Census of India
Population 2020
654
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+1.2%
8 people · 0.1% a year
Households
131
+1.6% vs 129 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
646
Male / female
331 / 315
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
952
Children aged 0–6
134
Literacy rate
19.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
8 / 294
Working population
179
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.8%
Households
129
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
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
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
85
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
43
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
102
Non-farm households
29
Share of households farming, 2020
78%
Net sown area
140 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
140 / 10 / 8
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sarogora panchayat, Pothia 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
₹49.48 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.01 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹39.34 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹30.16 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹24.31 lakh · received ₹7.97 lakh · spent ₹15.64 lakh · left ₹16.64 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹25.18 lakh · received ₹12.04 lakh · spent ₹23.70 lakh · left ₹13.52 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.3231, 88.1400 —
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