Sarba
Barbigha block · Sheikhpura
district, Bihar · PIN 811101
· village code 243863
Population 2011
4,904
Census of India
Population 2020
5,300
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+8.1%
396 people · 0.9% a year
Households
830
+4.4% vs 795 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,904
Male / female
2,528 / 2,376
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
940
Children aged 0–6
970
Literacy rate
55.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
991 / 7
Working population
1,843
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
78.3%
Households
795
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 1 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
385
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
48
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
510
Non-farm households
320
Share of households farming, 2020
61%
Net sown area
250 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
138 / 250 / 35
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sarba panchayat, Barbigha 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
₹34.54 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹13.13 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹40.91 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹6.76 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.62 lakh · received ₹5.23 lakh · spent ₹13.91 lakh · left ₹5.94 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹19.92 lakh · received ₹7.90 lakh · spent ₹27.00 lakh · left ₹82,010
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.2072, 85.7315 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Sheikhpura district ·
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staffing across Sheikhpura ·
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