Shekhpura
Dagraua block · Purnia
district, Bihar · PIN 854315
· village code 224241
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 59 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 237 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
59
Male / female
28 / 31
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,107
Children aged 0–6
17
Literacy rate
15.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
14
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
100.0%
Households
12
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
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
Farming
Farm households
25
Non-farm households
12
Share of households farming, 2020
68%
Net sown area
4 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
4 / 4 / 1
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Belgacchi panchayat, Dagraua 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
₹33.90 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.39 lakh
Received directly
₹62,371
Spent
₹30.41 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹23.50 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.22 lakh · received ₹7.72 lakh · spent ₹7.98 lakh · left ₹8.42 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹25.68 lakh · received ₹11.66 lakh · spent ₹22.42 lakh · left ₹15.08 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.8002, 87.6952 —
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Nearby villages
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Purnia district ·
School
staffing across Purnia ·
…and across Bihar