Samhar Khurd
Salkhua block · Saharsa
district, Bihar · PIN 852126
· village code 226681
Population 2011
2,172
Census of India
Population 2020
2,294
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+5.6%
122 people · 0.6% a year
Households
493
+16.3% vs 424 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,172
Male / female
1,176 / 996
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
847
Children aged 0–6
452
Literacy rate
43.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
3 / 0
Working population
736
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
95.2%
Households
424
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
328
Teachers
12
Students per teacher
27
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
372
Non-farm households
60
Share of households farming, 2020
86%
Net sown area
201 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
201 / 26 / 20
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Samhar Khurd 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
₹26.40 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.33 lakh
Received directly
₹20,981
Spent
₹17.04 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹27.89 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.31 lakh · received ₹7.30 lakh · spent ₹5.11 lakh · left ₹7.72 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹21.08 lakh · received ₹11.03 lakh · spent ₹11.94 lakh · left ₹20.17 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.7297, 86.5847 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Saharsa district ·
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staffing across Saharsa ·
…and across Bihar