Sikandarpur
Purnia East block · Purnia
district, Bihar · PIN 854326
· village code 223511
Population 2011
2,616
Census of India
Population 2020
3,897
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+49.0%
1,281 people · 4.5% a year
Households
752
+57.6% vs 477 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,616
Male / female
1,326 / 1,290
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
973
Children aged 0–6
643
Literacy rate
31.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
298 / 87
Working population
858
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
62.6%
Households
477
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
CHC
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
220
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
44
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
451
Non-farm households
301
Share of households farming, 2020
60%
Net sown area
88 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
88 / 88 / 43
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sikandarpur 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
₹40.41 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.72 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹33.17 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹27.96 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.83 lakh · received ₹8.26 lakh · spent ₹12.37 lakh · left ₹7.72 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹28.59 lakh · received ₹12.47 lakh · spent ₹20.80 lakh · left ₹20.25 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.7838, 87.5046 —
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