Ghurna
Narpatganj block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854336
· village code 221483
Population 2011
4,950
Census of India
Population 2020
6,210
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+25.4%
1,260 people · 2.6% a year
Households
1,310
+25.4% vs 1,045 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,950
Male / female
2,560 / 2,390
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
934
Children aged 0–6
920
Literacy rate
48.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
786 / 1
Working population
2,364
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
83.7%
Households
1,045
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
CHC
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
206
Teachers
9
Students per teacher
23
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
890
Non-farm households
355
Share of households farming, 2020
71%
Net sown area
415 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
345 / 415 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Patharaha panchayat, Narpatganj 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
₹90.70 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹23.80 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹65.86 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹48.64 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹45.12 lakh · received ₹9.48 lakh · spent ₹46.37 lakh · left ₹8.24 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹45.58 lakh · received ₹14.32 lakh · spent ₹19.49 lakh · left ₹40.41 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.3063, 87.2523 —
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