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Gaura Khurd

Chiraigaon block · Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh · PIN 221104 · village code 209717

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 15 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 3,000 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population
15
Male / female
9 / 6
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
667
Children aged 0–6
1
Literacy rate
66.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
7
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
57.1%
Households
3

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 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
400
Teachers
18
Students per teacher
22
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
No

Farming

Farm households
150
Non-farm households
50
Share of households farming, 2020
75%
Net sown area
125 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
125 / 125 / 50
Main irrigation source
Other

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Gaurakala panchayat, Chiraigaon 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
₹7.65 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹21.20 lakh
Received directly
₹1.08 lakh
Spent
₹24.76 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹5.16 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹68,394 · received ₹8.48 lakh · spent ₹8.95 lakh · left ₹21,213
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹6.97 lakh · received ₹12.72 lakh · spent ₹15.81 lakh · left ₹4.95 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

25.3874, 83.0469 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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