Shamsa
Mansurchak block · Begusarai
district, Bihar · PIN 851128
· village code 237747
Population 2011
15,183
Census of India
Population 2020
17,852
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+17.6%
2,669 people · 1.8% a year
Households
4,383
+37.9% vs 3,179 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
15,183
Male / female
7,930 / 7,253
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
915
Children aged 0–6
2,623
Literacy rate
56.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
2,648 / 0
Working population
5,175
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
61.3%
Households
3,179
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 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
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
750
Non-farm households
456
Share of households farming, 2020
62%
Net sown area
970 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
970 / 970 / 970
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Samasa-1 panchayat, Mansurchak 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
₹31.98 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.91 lakh
Received directly
₹64,223
Spent
₹36.72 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹14.81 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.28 lakh · received ₹7.53 lakh · spent ₹11.84 lakh · left ₹9.62 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18.70 lakh · received ₹11.37 lakh · spent ₹24.88 lakh · left ₹5.19 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.6216, 85.9267 —
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