Sumka
Ariari block · Sheikhpura
district, Bihar · PIN 811105
· village code 244105
Population 2011
1,245
Census of India
Population 2020
1,395
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.1%
150 people · 1.3% a year
Households
1,395
+679.3% vs 179 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,245
Male / female
644 / 601
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
933
Children aged 0–6
168
Literacy rate
57.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
366 / 0
Working population
667
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
95.5%
Households
179
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
153
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
38
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
155
Non-farm households
45
Share of households farming, 2020
78%
Net sown area
1 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1 / 1 / 1
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chorvar panchayat, Ariari 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
₹37.30 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.32 lakh
Received directly
₹3.16 lakh
Spent
₹37.17 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹20.61 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹29.57 lakh · received ₹6.90 lakh · spent ₹19.76 lakh · left ₹19.87 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹7.73 lakh · received ₹10.42 lakh · spent ₹17.41 lakh · left ₹74,375
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
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