Gamharia
Bhargama block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854334
· village code 221662
Population 2011
3,577
Census of India
Population 2020
4,500
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+25.8%
923 people · 2.6% a year
Households
900
+32.5% vs 679 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,577
Male / female
1,893 / 1,684
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
890
Children aged 0–6
725
Literacy rate
41.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,318 / 824
Working population
1,601
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
98.1%
Households
679
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 1 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi nearest 2 km away
No
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
250
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
31
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Boys
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
90
Non-farm households
70
Share of households farming, 2020
56%
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sirsia Kala panchayat, Bhargama 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
₹73.69 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹21.58 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹56.30 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹38.97 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹32.66 lakh · received ₹8.60 lakh · spent ₹20.07 lakh · left ₹21.19 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹41.04 lakh · received ₹12.98 lakh · spent ₹36.23 lakh · left ₹17.78 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.1261, 87.1173 —
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How this village compares
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staffing across Araria ·
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