Sherpar
Birsa block · Balaghat
district, Madhya Pradesh · PIN 481051
· village code 498120
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 518 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 240 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
518
Male / female
234 / 284
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,214
Children aged 0–6
119
Literacy rate
43.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 492
Working population
222
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.8%
Households
111
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Devgoan panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 1 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
45
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
23
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
40
Non-farm households
12
Share of households farming, 2020
77%
Net sown area
0 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
0 / 0 / 0
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Devgaon panchayat, Birsa 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
₹22.50 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹14.40 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹16.10 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹20.80 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.44 lakh · received ₹5.76 lakh · spent ₹8.09 lakh · left ₹6.10 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹14.06 lakh · received ₹8.64 lakh · spent ₹8.01 lakh · left ₹14.69 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.8271, 80.2084 —
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