Shahpur
Sonbarsa block · Saharsa
district, Bihar · PIN 852129
· village code 226528
Population 2011
7,579
Census of India
Population 2020
7,900
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+4.2%
321 people · 0.5% a year
Households
1,700
+5.7% vs 1,609 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
7,579
Male / female
3,909 / 3,670
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
939
Children aged 0–6
1,506
Literacy rate
47.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,674 / 1
Working population
2,250
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.4%
Households
1,609
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
CHC
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
400
Teachers
12
Students per teacher
33
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,550
Non-farm households
150
Share of households farming, 2020
91%
Net sown area
700 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
650 / 700 / 50
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Shahpur panchayat, Sonbarsa 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
₹44.03 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.85 lakh
Received directly
₹1.27 lakh
Spent
₹25.71 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹31.43 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹25.03 lakh · received ₹4.72 lakh · spent ₹19.36 lakh · left ₹11.03 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹19.00 lakh · received ₹7.13 lakh · spent ₹6.36 lakh · left ₹20.40 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.7117, 86.7116 —
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