Ram Shahar
Barhara block · Bhojpur
district, Bihar · PIN 802311
· village code 246878
Population 2011
4,337
Census of India
Population 2020
9,000
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+107.5%
4,663 people · 8.4% a year
Households
1,780
+196.2% vs 601 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,337
Male / female
2,364 / 1,973
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
835
Children aged 0–6
698
Literacy rate
64.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
696 / 1
Working population
1,590
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
54.7%
Households
601
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
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
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
400
Teachers
10
Students per teacher
40
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
725
Non-farm households
275
Share of households farming, 2020
73%
Net sown area
266 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
245 / 266 / 25
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Matuk Pur panchayat, Barhara 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
₹41.94 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.75 lakh
Received directly
₹54,417
Spent
₹36.42 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹22.81 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹17.54 lakh · received ₹6.67 lakh · spent ₹21.72 lakh · left ₹2.50 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹24.40 lakh · received ₹10.08 lakh · spent ₹14.70 lakh · left ₹20.32 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.6669, 84.7356 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Bhojpur district ·
School
staffing across Bhojpur ·
…and across Bihar