Asthana
Sheikhopur Sarai block · Sheikhpura
district, Bihar · PIN 811101
· village code 243891
Population 2011
2,269
Census of India
Population 2020
2,371
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+4.5%
102 people · 0.5% a year
Households
379
+0.8% vs 376 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,269
Male / female
1,195 / 1,074
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
899
Children aged 0–6
408
Literacy rate
57.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
648 / 0
Working population
684
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
82.9%
Households
376
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
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
45
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
6
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
200
Non-farm households
179
Share of households farming, 2020
53%
Net sown area
74 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
51 / 74 / 5
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Onama panchayat, Sheikhopur Sarai 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
₹17.90 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹9.33 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹9.77 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹17.46 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.70 lakh · received ₹3.72 lakh · spent ₹5.30 lakh · left ₹11.12 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹5.20 lakh · received ₹5.61 lakh · spent ₹4.47 lakh · left ₹6.34 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
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