Bari sankh
Begusarai block · Begusarai
district, Bihar · PIN 851131
· village code 238105
Population 2011
5,830
Census of India
Population 2020
8,040
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+37.9%
2,210 people · 3.6% a year
Households
1,723
+43.7% vs 1,199 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,830
Male / female
3,075 / 2,755
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
896
Children aged 0–6
1,150
Literacy rate
49.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,041 / 0
Working population
1,754
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
76.2%
Households
1,199
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
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
3,835
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
767
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
None
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
1,575
Non-farm households
143
Share of households farming, 2020
92%
Net sown area
86 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
86 / 78 / 61
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Shankh panchayat, Begusarai 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
₹67.97 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹28.94 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹72.47 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹24.44 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹30.09 lakh · received ₹11.53 lakh · spent ₹38.74 lakh · left ₹2.87 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹37.89 lakh · received ₹17.41 lakh · spent ₹33.73 lakh · left ₹21.57 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.4414, 86.1170 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Begusarai district ·
School
staffing across Begusarai ·
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