Sarsar
Siwan block · Siwan
district, Bihar · PIN 842126
· village code 231373
Population 2011
6,721
Census of India
Population 2020
7,021
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+4.5%
300 people · 0.5% a year
Households
1,102
+1.3% vs 1,088 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
6,721
Male / female
3,513 / 3,208
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
913
Children aged 0–6
1,061
Literacy rate
65.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,062 / 54
Working population
2,258
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
39.9%
Households
1,088
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
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
242
Teachers
9
Students per teacher
27
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
80
Non-farm households
28
Share of households farming, 2020
74%
Net sown area
210 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
115 / 105 / 210
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sarsar panchayat, Siwan 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
₹76.78 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹15.70 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹46.75 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹45.72 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹36.48 lakh · received ₹6.26 lakh · spent ₹28.03 lakh · left ₹14.70 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹40.30 lakh · received ₹9.44 lakh · spent ₹18.72 lakh · left ₹31.03 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.2261, 84.3503 —
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How this village compares
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staffing across Siwan ·
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