Sherpur
Tekari block · Gaya
district, Bihar · PIN 824235
· village code 254784
Population 2011
1,361
Census of India
Population 2020
906
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-33.4%
-455 people · -4.4% a year
Households
164
-13.7% vs 190 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,361
Male / female
736 / 625
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
849
Children aged 0–6
203
Literacy rate
54.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
160 / 0
Working population
478
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
88.9%
Households
190
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school
Yes
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 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
115
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
38
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
90
Non-farm households
70
Share of households farming, 2020
56%
Net sown area
60 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
60 / 50 / 10
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Makhdumpur panchayat, Tekari 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
₹29.77 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.00 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹28.35 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹20.42 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.09 lakh · received ₹7.57 lakh · spent ₹9.25 lakh · left ₹11.40 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹16.69 lakh · received ₹11.43 lakh · spent ₹19.10 lakh · left ₹9.02 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.9488, 84.8320 —
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