Garumara
Dighalbank block · Kishanganj
district, Bihar · PIN 855101
· village code 222362
Population 2011
1,615
Census of India
Population 2020
1,664
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+3.0%
49 people · 0.3% a year
Households
265
-25.8% vs 357 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,615
Male / female
828 / 787
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
950
Children aged 0–6
331
Literacy rate
39.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
34 / 36
Working population
488
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
99.0%
Households
357
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
314
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
79
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
211
Non-farm households
54
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
173 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
173 / 141 / 62
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dhangadha panchayat, Dighalbank 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
₹11.37 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.37 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹15.33 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹16.41 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.88 lakh · received ₹8.11 lakh · spent ₹10.01 lakh · left ₹1.99 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹7.49 lakh · received ₹12.25 lakh · spent ₹5.31 lakh · left ₹14.43 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.3423, 87.8424 —
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