Sherpur
Mushahari block · Muzaffarpur
district, Bihar · PIN 842005
· village code 229351
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 2,745 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 1,500 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
2,745
Male / female
1,406 / 1,339
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
952
Children aged 0–6
428
Literacy rate
59.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
548 / 0
Working population
614
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
14.2%
Households
508
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
No
High school
No
Piped tap water
No
All-weather road
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
1-4 hrs
Bank
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
200
Teachers
533
Students per teacher
0
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
63
Non-farm households
5
Share of households farming, 2020
93%
Net sown area
420 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
420 / 150 / 133
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sherpur panchayat, Mushahari 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
₹7.75 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹15.02 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹22.28 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹48,437
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.87 lakh · received ₹5.98 lakh · spent ₹10.37 lakh · left ₹48,335
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹2.88 lakh · received ₹9.03 lakh · spent ₹11.91 lakh · left ₹102
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.0901, 85.3851 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Muzaffarpur district ·
School
staffing across Muzaffarpur ·
…and across Bihar