Sherampur
Benipur block · Darbhanga
district, Bihar · PIN 847233
· village code 227271
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 22 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 142 — 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
22
Male / female
10 / 12
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,200
Children aged 0–6
7
Literacy rate
9.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
5
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
40.0%
Households
3
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi nearest 1 km away
No
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
Farming
Farm households
8
Non-farm households
6
Share of households farming, 2020
57%
Net sown area
57 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
53 / 57 / 4
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Haripur panchayat, Benipur 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
₹10.08 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.43 lakh
Received directly
₹43,554
Spent
₹29.87 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹6,944
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.12 lakh · received ₹7.74 lakh · spent ₹11.86 lakh · left ₹101
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹5.96 lakh · received ₹11.69 lakh · spent ₹18.01 lakh · left ₹6,843
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.0541, 86.1611 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Darbhanga district ·
School
staffing across Darbhanga ·
…and across Bihar