Amirta
Sonbarsa block · Saharsa
district, Bihar · PIN 852217
· village code 226555
Population 2011
4,722
Census of India
Population 2020
4,959
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+5.0%
237 people · 0.5% a year
Households
861
+5.0% vs 820 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,722
Male / female
2,498 / 2,224
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
890
Children aged 0–6
837
Literacy rate
40.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
805 / 0
Working population
1,644
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.0%
Households
820
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
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
875
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
109
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
811
Non-farm households
50
Share of households farming, 2020
94%
Net sown area
350 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
350 / 15 / 10
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Baraith 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
₹58.02 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.87 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹61.84 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹13.05 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹22.75 lakh · received ₹6.72 lakh · spent ₹28.89 lakh · left ₹58,298
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹35.27 lakh · received ₹10.15 lakh · spent ₹32.95 lakh · left ₹12.47 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.7297, 86.7047 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Saharsa district ·
School
staffing across Saharsa ·
…and across Bihar