Gangaili

Amour block · Purnia district, Bihar · PIN 854327 · village code 223765

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 2,199 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 900 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

2,199

Male / female

1,131 / 1,068

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

944

Children aged 0–6

375

Literacy rate

59.9%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

105 / 0

Working population

581

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

91.6%

Households

529

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water nearest 10 km away

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

4-8 Hrs

Bank nearest 10 km away

Primary health centre nearest 5 km away

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

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

146

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

280

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

93%

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Pothia Gangeli panchayat, Amour 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

₹28.15 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹12.60 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹31.66 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹9.09 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹9.52 lakh · received ₹5.02 lakh · spent ₹14.08 lakh · left ₹46,166

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹18.63 lakh · received ₹7.58 lakh · spent ₹17.58 lakh · left ₹8.63 lakh

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

Location

25.9640, 87.7183 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

Biggest population changes in Purnia district · School staffing across Purnia · …and across Bihar