Othma
Sheikhpura block · Sheikhpura
district, Bihar · PIN 811105
· village code 243970
Population 2011
897
Census of India
Population 2020
1,240
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+38.2%
343 people · 3.7% a year
Households
170
+32.8% vs 128 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
897
Male / female
455 / 442
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
971
Children aged 0–6
191
Literacy rate
34.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
51 / 1
Working population
365
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.0%
Households
128
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
108
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
27
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Boys
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
63
Non-farm households
14
Share of households farming, 2020
82%
Net sown area
197 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
197 / 9 / 3
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Mahsar panchayat, Sheikhpura 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
₹6.32 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹13.46 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹14.05 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹5.73 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.32 lakh · received ₹5.36 lakh · spent ₹4.01 lakh · left ₹5.67 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹2.00 lakh · received ₹8.10 lakh · spent ₹10.04 lakh · left ₹5,880
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
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