Ghiwba
Forbesganj block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854318
· village code 221643
Population 2011
3,225
Census of India
Population 2020
4,920
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+52.6%
1,695 people · 4.8% a year
Households
860
+53.0% vs 562 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,225
Male / female
1,681 / 1,544
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
919
Children aged 0–6
648
Literacy rate
44.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,244 / 7
Working population
1,369
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
98.0%
Households
562
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 10 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
157
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
22
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
545
Non-farm households
268
Share of households farming, 2020
67%
Net sown area
102 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
102 / 100 / 100
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Parwaha 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
₹16.55 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹21.34 lakh
Received directly
₹9,802
Spent
₹13.92 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹24.07 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.22 lakh · received ₹8.50 lakh · spent ₹6.98 lakh · left ₹14.74 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹3.33 lakh · received ₹12.83 lakh · spent ₹6.94 lakh · left ₹9.33 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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