Shekhpura
Purnia East block · Purnia
district, Bihar · PIN 854337
· village code 223479
Population 2011
1,492
Census of India
Population 2020
1,992
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+33.5%
500 people · 3.3% a year
Households
399
+33.4% vs 299 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,492
Male / female
745 / 747
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,003
Children aged 0–6
495
Literacy rate
30.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
337
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
43.9%
Households
299
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
210
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
35
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
293
Non-farm households
106
Share of households farming, 2020
73%
Net sown area
176 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
176 / 176 / 88
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chandi panchayat, Purnia East 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
₹32.88 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹21.89 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹43.25 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹11.52 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.94 lakh · received ₹8.72 lakh · spent ₹17.75 lakh · left ₹2.92 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹20.94 lakh · received ₹13.17 lakh · spent ₹25.50 lakh · left ₹8.60 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.7477, 87.5380 —
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