Sherpur
Kuchaikote block · Gopalganj
district, Bihar · PIN 841501
· village code 230441
Population 2011
1,126
Census of India
Population 2020
1,365
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+21.2%
239 people · 2.2% a year
Households
206
+5.1% vs 196 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,126
Male / female
576 / 550
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
955
Children aged 0–6
193
Literacy rate
53.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
280 / 509
Working population
270
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
77.8%
Households
196
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
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
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
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
405
Teachers
10
Students per teacher
41
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
50
Non-farm households
20
Share of households farming, 2020
71%
Net sown area
23 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
21 / 23 / 3
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kuchaikote panchayat, Kuchaikote 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
₹22.96 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.42 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹30.25 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹13.14 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.45 lakh · received ₹8.14 lakh · spent ₹12.36 lakh · left ₹8.22 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹10.52 lakh · received ₹12.29 lakh · spent ₹17.89 lakh · left ₹4.91 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.5564, 84.3308 —
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