Sikatia Sirdhar Sahi

Barauli block · Gopalganj district, Bihar · PIN 841405 · village code 231106

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 838 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 11,826 — 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

838

Male / female

449 / 389

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

866

Children aged 0–6

147

Literacy rate

48.2%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

444 / 1

Working population

142

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

63.4%

Households

144

Village facilities, 2020

This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was surveyed once by each. The figures below are from Salempur East panchayat's return.

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 5 km away

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

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

503

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

1,540

Non-farm households

385

Share of households farming, 2020

80%

Net sown area

399 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

399 / 320 / 87

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Salempur East 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

₹22.25 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹13.04 lakh

Received directly

₹52,000

Spent

₹19.81 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹16.01 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹6.11 lakh · received ₹5.20 lakh · spent ₹9.09 lakh · left ₹2.74 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹16.15 lakh · received ₹7.85 lakh · spent ₹10.72 lakh · left ₹13.27 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

26.4601, 84.6518 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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