Balhampur
Simri Bakhtiarpur block · Saharsa
district, Bihar · PIN 852127
· village code 226631
Population 2011
3,803
Census of India
Population 2020
4,120
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+8.3%
317 people · 0.9% a year
Households
770
+6.7% vs 722 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,803
Male / female
1,992 / 1,811
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
909
Children aged 0–6
779
Literacy rate
42.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
354 / 0
Working population
1,184
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.5%
Households
722
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 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
650
Teachers
10
Students per teacher
65
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
None
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
509
Non-farm households
253
Share of households farming, 2020
67%
Net sown area
190 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
150 / 78 / 190
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Raipura 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
₹40.34 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.23 lakh
Received directly
₹95,684
Spent
₹48.90 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹11.63 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹20.76 lakh · received ₹7.66 lakh · spent ₹26.38 lakh · left ₹2.99 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹19.58 lakh · received ₹11.57 lakh · spent ₹22.52 lakh · left ₹8.63 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.7117, 86.5916 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Saharsa district ·
School
staffing across Saharsa ·
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