Sahawa
Purnia East block · Purnia
district, Bihar · PIN 854337
· village code 223541
Population 2011
530
Census of India
Population 2020
913
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+72.3%
383 people · 6.2% a year
Households
150
+41.5% vs 106 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
530
Male / female
273 / 257
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
941
Children aged 0–6
113
Literacy rate
37.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
173 / 158
Working population
189
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
91.0%
Households
106
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 5 km away
No
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
CHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
Farming
Farm households
90
Non-farm households
60
Share of households farming, 2020
60%
Net sown area
20 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
20 / 20 / 10
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Gaura panchayat, Purnia East 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
₹38.60 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.88 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹23.15 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹34.33 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹17.10 lakh · received ₹7.52 lakh · spent ₹16.06 lakh · left ₹8.56 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹21.51 lakh · received ₹11.36 lakh · spent ₹7.09 lakh · left ₹25.77 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.7297, 87.6248 —
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staffing across Purnia ·
…and across Bihar