Sherpur
Noorsarai block · Nalanda
district, Bihar · PIN 803116
· village code 244667
Population 2011
1,380
Census of India
Population 2020
1,770
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+28.3%
390 people · 2.8% a year
Households
320
+36.2% vs 235 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,380
Male / female
734 / 646
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
880
Children aged 0–6
228
Literacy rate
62.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
159 / 0
Working population
688
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
87.9%
Households
235
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
60
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
12
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
110
Non-farm households
120
Share of households farming, 2020
48%
Net sown area
155 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
140 / 155 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Rasalpur panchayat, Noorsarai 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
₹28.25 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹14.81 lakh
Received directly
₹81,934
Spent
₹28.50 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹15.37 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.83 lakh · received ₹5.90 lakh · spent ₹3.26 lakh · left ₹13.30 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18.41 lakh · received ₹8.91 lakh · spent ₹25.25 lakh · left ₹2.08 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.2613, 85.4508 —
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