Guruan
Barsoi block · Katihar
district, Bihar · PIN 854317
· village code 225098
Population 2011
1,148
Census of India
Population 2020
1,190
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+3.7%
42 people · 0.4% a year
Households
225
+5.1% vs 214 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,148
Male / female
613 / 535
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
873
Children aged 0–6
256
Literacy rate
28.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
345
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.7%
Households
214
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
260
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
43
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
101
Non-farm households
122
Share of households farming, 2020
45%
Net sown area
30 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
30 / 20 / 15
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Basalgaon panchayat, Barsoi 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
₹48.77 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.46 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹55.63 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹13.59 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.88 lakh · received ₹8.15 lakh · spent ₹17.73 lakh · left ₹30,365
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹38.89 lakh · received ₹12.31 lakh · spent ₹37.91 lakh · left ₹13.28 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.6757, 88.0448 —
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