Shekhpura urf Dagarwara
Keotirunway block · Darbhanga
district, Bihar · PIN 847306
· village code 226895
Population 2011
3,887
Census of India
Population 2020
4,650
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+19.6%
763 people · 2.0% a year
Households
880
+13.7% vs 774 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,887
Male / female
2,031 / 1,856
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
914
Children aged 0–6
629
Literacy rate
32.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
325 / 11
Working population
928
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
73.2%
Households
774
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
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
60
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
20
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
690
Non-farm households
190
Share of households farming, 2020
78%
Net sown area
35 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
35 / 25 / 17
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Shekhpur Dani panchayat, Keotirunway 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
₹37.93 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.44 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹44.34 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹11.02 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹20.99 lakh · received ₹6.95 lakh · spent ₹17.37 lakh · left ₹10.57 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹16.94 lakh · received ₹10.49 lakh · spent ₹26.98 lakh · left ₹45,222
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.2361, 85.8649 —
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