Sariha
Nalhati-I block · Birbhum
district, West Bengal · PIN 731238
· village code 316204
Population 2011
2,351
Census of India
Population 2020
2,670
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+13.6%
319 people · 1.4% a year
Households
622
+9.1% vs 570 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,351
Male / female
1,197 / 1,154
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
964
Children aged 0–6
317
Literacy rate
66.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
340 / 36
Working population
714
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
86.8%
Households
570
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
185
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
46
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
585
Non-farm households
31
Share of households farming, 2020
95%
Net sown area
111 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
111 / 51 / 52
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Paikpara panchayat, Nalhati-I 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
₹88.00 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹86.97 lakh
Received directly
₹68,524
Spent
₹1.26 crore
Unspent at year end
₹49.70 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹37.05 lakh · received ₹35.74 lakh · spent ₹55.43 lakh · left ₹18.05 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹50.95 lakh · received ₹51.23 lakh · spent ₹70.53 lakh · left ₹31.65 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.3405, 87.8471 —
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