Garkaili
Amour block · Purnia
district, Bihar · PIN 854330
· village code 223810
Population 2011
1,487
Census of India
Population 2020
2,218
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+49.2%
731 people · 4.5% a year
Households
601
+83.8% vs 327 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,487
Male / female
764 / 723
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
946
Children aged 0–6
292
Literacy rate
45.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
377
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.1%
Households
327
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi nearest 5 km away
No
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
123
Teachers
11
Students per teacher
11
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
420
Non-farm households
120
Share of households farming, 2020
78%
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bangra Mehandipur 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
₹59.62 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.50 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹64.58 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹12.54 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.13 lakh · received ₹6.97 lakh · spent ₹13.31 lakh · left ₹1.80 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹51.48 lakh · received ₹10.53 lakh · spent ₹51.27 lakh · left ₹10.75 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.0180, 87.6183 —
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