Sherpur
Nagar block · Gaya
district, Bihar · PIN 823003
· village code 255354
Population 2011
1,839
Census of India
Population 2020
1,958
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+6.5%
119 people · 0.7% a year
Households
1,956
+691.9% vs 247 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,839
Male / female
915 / 924
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,010
Children aged 0–6
429
Literacy rate
46.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
423 / 0
Working population
628
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
49.0%
Households
247
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
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
203
Teachers
11
Students per teacher
19
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
128
Non-farm households
83
Share of households farming, 2020
61%
Net sown area
4 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
4 / 3 / 4
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Korwan panchayat, Gaya Town 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
₹17.66 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.55 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹27.72 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹9.49 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.77 lakh · received ₹7.79 lakh · spent ₹10.22 lakh · left ₹34,024
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹14.90 lakh · received ₹11.76 lakh · spent ₹17.51 lakh · left ₹9.15 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.8288, 84.9713 —
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