Ganj Bhag
Forbesganj block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854318
· village code 221538
Population 2011
4,126
Census of India
Population 2020
6,400
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+55.1%
2,274 people · 5.0% a year
Households
995
+22.1% vs 815 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,126
Male / female
2,160 / 1,966
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
910
Children aged 0–6
865
Literacy rate
35.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,643 / 367
Working population
1,836
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.2%
Households
815
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 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
825
Teachers
35
Students per teacher
24
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
425
Non-farm households
275
Share of households farming, 2020
61%
Net sown area
1 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1 / 1 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Arraha panchayat, Forbesganj 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
₹29.89 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.79 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹19.15 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹27.53 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.49 lakh · received ₹6.69 lakh · spent ₹5.32 lakh · left ₹2.86 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹28.40 lakh · received ₹10.10 lakh · spent ₹13.83 lakh · left ₹24.67 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.2883, 87.2789 —
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