Sher
Sidhwaliya block · Gopalganj
district, Bihar · PIN 841407
· village code 231146
Population 2011
11,230
Census of India
Population 2020
14,570
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+29.7%
3,340 people · 2.9% a year
Households
1,908
+5.1% vs 1,815 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
11,230
Male / female
5,705 / 5,525
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
968
Children aged 0–6
1,891
Literacy rate
54.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
817 / 106
Working population
3,066
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
78.2%
Households
1,815
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
1,250
Teachers
24
Students per teacher
52
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
974
Non-farm households
930
Share of households farming, 2020
51%
Net sown area
312 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
312 / 312 / 65
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sher panchayat, Sidhwaliya 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
₹46.28 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.81 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹58.11 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹7.99 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹22.49 lakh · received ₹7.89 lakh · spent ₹22.45 lakh · left ₹7.94 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹23.79 lakh · received ₹11.92 lakh · spent ₹35.66 lakh · left ₹4,780
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.3423, 84.7059 —
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