Sahgaura
Bhawanipur block · Purnia
district, Bihar · PIN 854204
· village code 223175
Population 2011
2,241
Census of India
Population 2020
2,542
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+13.4%
301 people · 1.4% a year
Households
415
+13.4% vs 366 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,241
Male / female
1,150 / 1,091
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
949
Children aged 0–6
521
Literacy rate
33.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
85 / 0
Working population
832
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
91.0%
Households
366
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
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
312
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
104
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
161
Non-farm households
161
Share of households farming, 2020
50%
Net sown area
70 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
70 / 50 / 19
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Barhari panchayat, Bhawanipur 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
₹22.80 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.09 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹10.75 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹30.14 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.30 lakh · received ₹7.21 lakh · spent ₹8.62 lakh · left ₹88,907
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹20.50 lakh · received ₹10.88 lakh · spent ₹2.13 lakh · left ₹29.25 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.6216, 87.1257 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Purnia district ·
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staffing across Purnia ·
…and across Bihar