Sarbela

Banma Itahari block · Saharsa district, Bihar · PIN 852127 · village code 226690

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 6,702 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 25,108 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

6,702

Male / female

3,500 / 3,202

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

915

Children aged 0–6

1,527

Literacy rate

43.9%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

959 / 0

Working population

1,768

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

76.2%

Households

1,347

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school nearest 2 km away

Piped tap water

<50% habitation covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

PHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

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

523

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

515

Non-farm households

236

Share of households farming, 2020

69%

Net sown area

212 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

195 / 212 / 42

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Sarbela panchayat, Banma Itahari 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

₹55.72 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹21.49 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹63.65 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹13.56 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹15.50 lakh · received ₹8.56 lakh · spent ₹11.40 lakh · left ₹12.67 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹40.21 lakh · received ₹12.93 lakh · spent ₹52.25 lakh · left ₹89,517

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

Location

25.6937, 86.6585 — view on OpenStreetMap

Nearby villages

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How this village compares

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