Sarsauni
Jalalgarh block · Purnia
district, Bihar · PIN 854327
· village code 223647
Population 2011
2,060
Census of India
Population 2020
2,682
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+30.2%
622 people · 3.0% a year
Households
519
+9.0% vs 476 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,060
Male / female
1,078 / 982
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
911
Children aged 0–6
427
Literacy rate
36.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
827 / 0
Working population
898
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.7%
Households
476
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
Farming
Farm households
460
Non-farm households
59
Share of households farming, 2020
89%
Net sown area
124 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
124 / 20 / 1
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sarsauni panchayat, Jalalgarh 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
₹38.14 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹14.90 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹16.45 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹36.59 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹17.21 lakh · received ₹5.94 lakh · spent ₹12.28 lakh · left ₹10.87 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹20.93 lakh · received ₹8.97 lakh · spent ₹4.17 lakh · left ₹25.73 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.9459, 87.5245 —
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