Sherpur
Sonbhadra-Bansi-Surajpur block · Arwal
district, Bihar · PIN 804419
· village code 260836
Population 2011
2,511
Census of India
Population 2020
3,273
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+30.4%
762 people · 3.0% a year
Households
503
+17.5% vs 428 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,511
Male / female
1,345 / 1,166
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
867
Children aged 0–6
412
Literacy rate
60.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
318 / 0
Working population
793
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
88.0%
Households
428
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
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
237
Teachers
17
Students per teacher
14
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
348
Non-farm households
155
Share of households farming, 2020
69%
Net sown area
42 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
42 / 32 / 40
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sherpur Panchayat panchayat, Sonbhadra-Bansi-Surajpur 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
₹11.02 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹12.25 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹12.15 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹11.12 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.47 lakh · received ₹4.88 lakh · spent ₹0 · left ₹7.35 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.55 lakh · received ₹7.37 lakh · spent ₹12.15 lakh · left ₹3.76 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.1351, 84.7653 —
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staffing across Arwal ·
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