Sakma
Amour block · Purnia
district, Bihar · PIN 854315
· village code 223756
Population 2011
555
Census of India
Population 2020
900
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+62.2%
345 people · 5.5% a year
Households
192
+35.2% vs 142 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
555
Male / female
275 / 280
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,018
Children aged 0–6
113
Literacy rate
54.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
41 / 0
Working population
162
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
68.5%
Households
142
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
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
350
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
88
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
133
Non-farm households
59
Share of households farming, 2020
69%
Net sown area
40 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
40 / 40 / 15
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bishunpur 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
₹40.98 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.02 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹38.41 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹18.60 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.60 lakh · received ₹6.38 lakh · spent ₹8.58 lakh · left ₹12.41 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹26.38 lakh · received ₹9.64 lakh · spent ₹29.83 lakh · left ₹6.19 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.6937, 87.4383 —
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