Sahugarh

Madhepura block · Madhepura district, Bihar · PIN 852113 · village code 225859

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 19,659 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 11,000 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

19,659

Male / female

10,381 / 9,278

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

894

Children aged 0–6

3,900

Literacy rate

39.8%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

3,700 / 9

Working population

7,426

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

84.6%

Households

3,838

Village facilities, 2020

This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was surveyed once by each. The figures below are from Sahugarh -1 panchayat's return.

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

<50% habitation covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport nearest 5 km away

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

PHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

Common service centre

Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan

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

650

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

1,675

Non-farm households

160

Share of households farming, 2020

91%

Net sown area

630 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

630 / 600 / 62

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Sahugarh -1 panchayat, Madhepura 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

₹22.65 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹17.65 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹16.28 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹24.02 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹9.58 lakh · received ₹7.03 lakh · spent ₹10.02 lakh · left ₹6.60 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹13.06 lakh · received ₹10.62 lakh · spent ₹6.26 lakh · left ₹17.42 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

25.9459, 86.7631 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

Biggest population changes in Madhepura district · School staffing across Madhepura · …and across Bihar