Gachhpara

Kishanganj block · Kishanganj district, Bihar · PIN 855107 · village code 222932

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 5,814 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 2,148 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

5,814

Male / female

2,926 / 2,888

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

987

Children aged 0–6

1,434

Literacy rate

40.8%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

145 / 37

Working population

1,268

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

89.4%

Households

1,013

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school nearest 2 km away

High school nearest 5 km away

Piped tap water

<50% habitation covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank nearest 5 km away

Primary health centre

PHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

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

300

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

184

Non-farm households

133

Share of households farming, 2020

58%

Net sown area

25 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

20 / 25 / 4

Main irrigation source

Other

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Gachhpara panchayat, Kishanganj 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

₹31.42 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹21.49 lakh

Received directly

₹57,029

Spent

₹39.74 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹13.74 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹12.83 lakh · received ₹8.56 lakh · spent ₹21.29 lakh · left ₹67,745

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹18.59 lakh · received ₹12.93 lakh · spent ₹18.46 lakh · left ₹13.07 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

26.1802, 87.9808 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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