Sarfara
Barauli block · Gopalganj
district, Bihar · PIN 841405
· village code 231097
Population 2011
5,080
Census of India
Population 2020
5,880
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+15.8%
800 people · 1.6% a year
Households
1,112
+15.5% vs 963 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,080
Male / female
2,448 / 2,632
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,075
Children aged 0–6
990
Literacy rate
49.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
536 / 0
Working population
912
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
77.0%
Households
963
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
500
Teachers
18
Students per teacher
28
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
300
Non-farm households
170
Share of households farming, 2020
64%
Net sown area
175 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
175 / 175 / 50
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sarafra panchayat, Barauli 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
₹12.86 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.38 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹21.51 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹9.74 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.57 lakh · received ₹7.33 lakh · spent ₹5.99 lakh · left ₹6.90 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹7.29 lakh · received ₹11.06 lakh · spent ₹15.51 lakh · left ₹2.83 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.4144, 84.6179 —
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