Salta
Amour block · Purnia
district, Bihar · PIN 854315
· village code 223684
Population 2011
2,900
Census of India
Population 2020
3,265
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.6%
365 people · 1.3% a year
Households
623
+14.7% vs 543 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,900
Male / female
1,516 / 1,384
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
913
Children aged 0–6
516
Literacy rate
32.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
738
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
93.8%
Households
543
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
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
152
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
38
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
452
Non-farm households
56
Share of households farming, 2020
89%
Net sown area
90 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
90 / 25 / 25
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Hafania panchayat, Amour 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
₹46.22 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹14.32 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹32.00 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹28.54 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹17.84 lakh · received ₹5.71 lakh · spent ₹22.48 lakh · left ₹1.07 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹28.38 lakh · received ₹8.62 lakh · spent ₹9.52 lakh · left ₹27.48 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.9640, 87.7183 —
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