Sherpur

Hajipur block · Vaishali district, Bihar · PIN 844101 · village code 235703

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 133 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 415 — 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

133

Male / female

69 / 64

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

928

Children aged 0–6

Literacy rate

83.5%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

0 / 0

Working population

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

78.1%

Households

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school nearest 2 km away

Middle school nearest 1 km away

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

<50% habitation covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 1 km away

Primary health centre nearest 1 km away

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

Common service centre

No CSC

Farming

Farm households

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

75%

Net sown area

5 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

5 / 3 / 2

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Sultanpur panchayat, Hajipur 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

₹31.78 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹14.95 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹40.31 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹6.42 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹11.63 lakh · received ₹5.96 lakh · spent ₹11.40 lakh · left ₹6.18 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹20.15 lakh · received ₹8.99 lakh · spent ₹28.91 lakh · left ₹23,681

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

Location

25.6757, 85.2059 — view on OpenStreetMap

Nearby villages

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How this village compares

Biggest population changes in Vaishali district · School staffing across Vaishali · …and across Bihar