Salkhua

Salkhua block · Saharsa district, Bihar · PIN 852126 · village code 226675

Population 2011

8,987

Census of India

Population 2020

10,372

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+15.4%

1,385 people · 1.6% a year

Households

1,705

+6.6% vs 1,600 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

8,987

Male / female

4,724 / 4,263

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

902

Children aged 0–6

1,859

Literacy rate

46.1%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

1,758 / 7

Working population

2,867

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

80.6%

Households

1,600

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

only one habitation is covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

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

1,075

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

686

Non-farm households

595

Share of households farming, 2020

54%

Net sown area

380 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

348 / 380 / 38

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Salkhua panchayat, Salkhua 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

₹29.99 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹14.05 lakh

Received directly

₹36,724

Spent

₹37.87 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹6.54 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹5.53 lakh · received ₹5.60 lakh · spent ₹5.84 lakh · left ₹5.66 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹24.46 lakh · received ₹8.45 lakh · spent ₹32.03 lakh · left ₹88,271

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

25.6641, 86.5993 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

Biggest population changes in Saharsa district · School staffing across Saharsa · …and across Bihar