Ghoraghat
Forbesganj block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854318
· village code 221581
Population 2011
5,930
Census of India
Population 2020
10,000
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+68.6%
4,070 people · 6.0% a year
Households
1,600
+34.0% vs 1,194 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,930
Male / female
3,105 / 2,825
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
910
Children aged 0–6
1,394
Literacy rate
41.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
219 / 0
Working population
2,579
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.4%
Households
1,194
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
650
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
93
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,228
Non-farm households
280
Share of households farming, 2020
81%
Net sown area
205 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
60 / 205 / 79
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Ramai 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
₹21.03 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.69 lakh
Received directly
₹19,282
Spent
₹19.29 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹21.62 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.82 lakh · received ₹7.85 lakh · spent ₹5.30 lakh · left ₹15.56 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.21 lakh · received ₹11.85 lakh · spent ₹13.99 lakh · left ₹6.06 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.2703, 87.3457 —
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