Dhanupra
Simri Bakhtiarpur block · Saharsa
district, Bihar · PIN 852106
· village code 226618
Population 2011
12,993
Census of India
Population 2020
14,422
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.0%
1,429 people · 1.2% a year
Households
2,701
+11.0% vs 2,433 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
12,993
Male / female
6,858 / 6,135
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
895
Children aged 0–6
3,414
Literacy rate
22.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
2,809 / 24
Working population
4,740
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.8%
Households
2,433
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 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
1,208
Teachers
24
Students per teacher
50
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
2,161
Non-farm households
540
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
261 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
261 / 174 / 234
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dhanupura panchayat, Simri Bakhtiarpur 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
₹74.90 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.31 lakh
Received directly
₹1.87 lakh
Spent
₹56.15 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹40.93 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.19 lakh · received ₹8.09 lakh · spent ₹10.54 lakh · left ₹11.62 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹62.71 lakh · received ₹12.22 lakh · spent ₹45.62 lakh · left ₹29.31 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.7297, 86.6047 —
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