Sarsi Istamrar
Dhamdaha block · Purnia
district, Bihar · PIN 854301
· village code 223300
Population 2011
5,767
Census of India
Population 2020
6,820
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+18.3%
1,053 people · 1.9% a year
Households
3,364
+215.3% vs 1,067 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,767
Male / female
3,055 / 2,712
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
888
Children aged 0–6
1,029
Literacy rate
51.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
697 / 4
Working population
1,915
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
83.9%
Households
1,067
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 2 km away
No
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
250
Teachers
11
Students per teacher
23
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Girls
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
820
Non-farm households
350
Share of households farming, 2020
70%
Net sown area
320 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
320 / 210 / 100
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sarsi panchayat, Dhamdaha 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
₹14.76 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹14.51 lakh
Received directly
₹2.50 lakh
Spent
₹18.24 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹13.53 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.00 lakh · received ₹5.78 lakh · spent ₹12.18 lakh · left ₹5.10 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹5.77 lakh · received ₹8.73 lakh · spent ₹6.06 lakh · left ₹8.44 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.7477, 87.1780 —
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