Gosainkol
Kadwa block · Katihar
district, Bihar · PIN 855113
· village code 224655
Population 2011
1,334
Census of India
Population 2020
1,995
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+49.5%
661 people · 4.6% a year
Households
311
+2.6% vs 303 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,334
Male / female
712 / 622
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
874
Children aged 0–6
338
Literacy rate
16.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
2 / 0
Working population
334
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.4%
Households
303
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 1 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 5 km away
No
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
200
Non-farm households
50
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
30 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
30 / 30 / 30
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Shekhpura panchayat, Kadwa 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
₹52.51 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.97 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹47.98 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹23.50 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.29 lakh · received ₹7.56 lakh · spent ₹3.73 lakh · left ₹15.11 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹41.23 lakh · received ₹11.41 lakh · spent ₹44.25 lakh · left ₹8.39 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.6757, 87.8449 —
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