Samani
Mahishi block · Saharsa
district, Bihar · PIN 852216
· village code 226354
Population 2011
2,824
Census of India
Population 2020
3,570
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+26.4%
746 people · 2.6% a year
Households
716
+25.2% vs 572 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,824
Male / female
1,464 / 1,360
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
929
Children aged 0–6
510
Literacy rate
46.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
735 / 1
Working population
1,316
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
93.8%
Households
572
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
CHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
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
217
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
27
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
312
Non-farm households
205
Share of households farming, 2020
60%
Net sown area
37 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
37 / 37 / 37
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Telwa West panchayat, Mahishi 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
₹52.32 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.22 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹47.16 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹25.37 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹21.99 lakh · received ₹8.06 lakh · spent ₹17.38 lakh · left ₹12.67 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹30.32 lakh · received ₹12.16 lakh · spent ₹29.79 lakh · left ₹12.70 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.8559, 86.4767 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Saharsa district ·
School
staffing across Saharsa ·
…and across Bihar