Gausnagar
Kursakanta block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854331
· village code 221911
Population 2011
2,040
Census of India
Population 2020
2,735
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+34.1%
695 people · 3.3% a year
Households
430
+2.9% vs 418 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,040
Male / female
1,069 / 971
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
908
Children aged 0–6
383
Literacy rate
52.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
84 / 0
Working population
1,051
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
80.7%
Households
418
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
25
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
5
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
390
Non-farm households
36
Share of households farming, 2020
92%
Net sown area
119 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
119 / 59 / 20
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Harira panchayat, Kursakanta 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
₹7.10 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.84 lakh
Received directly
₹25,471
Spent
₹23.27 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹92,535
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.00 lakh · received ₹6.71 lakh · spent ₹13.41 lakh · left ₹56,176
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹9,473 · received ₹10.13 lakh · spent ₹9.86 lakh · left ₹36,359
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.3604, 87.4539 —
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