Samhar
Dumraon block · Buxar
district, Bihar · PIN 802119
· village code 248115
Population 2011
975
Census of India
Population 2020
1,200
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+23.1%
225 people · 2.3% a year
Households
173
+13.8% vs 152 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
975
Male / female
534 / 441
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
826
Children aged 0–6
170
Literacy rate
63.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 25
Working population
242
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
86.0%
Households
152
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
170
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
43
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
173
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
80 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
80 / 80 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kushalpur panchayat, Dumraon 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
₹42.71 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹15.39 lakh
Received directly
₹1.15 lakh
Spent
₹29.80 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹29.45 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹21.47 lakh · received ₹6.13 lakh · spent ₹21.91 lakh · left ₹6.51 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹21.23 lakh · received ₹9.26 lakh · spent ₹7.89 lakh · left ₹22.94 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.5588, 84.1343 —
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