Sihpur

Kumarkhand block · Madhepura district, Bihar · PIN 852112 · village code 225922

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 3,339 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 14,467 — 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

3,339

Male / female

1,731 / 1,608

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

929

Children aged 0–6

741

Literacy rate

35.2%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

1,136 / 0

Working population

1,203

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

85.0%

Households

682

Village facilities, 2020

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

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water nearest 10 km away

All-weather road nearest 2 km away

Public transport nearest 10 km away

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 5 km away

Primary health centre nearest 5 km away

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

1,421

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

2,156

Non-farm households

489

Share of households farming, 2020

82%

Net sown area

1,332 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

1,332 / 1,315 / 111

Main irrigation source

Canals

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Tengraha Parihari panchayat, Kumarkhand 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

₹12.56 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹19.00 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹24.72 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹6.85 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹9.71 lakh · received ₹7.57 lakh · spent ₹10.77 lakh · left ₹6.51 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹2.86 lakh · received ₹11.43 lakh · spent ₹13.94 lakh · left ₹34,197

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

Location

26.0180, 86.8965 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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