Gauri
Salkhua block · Saharsa
district, Bihar · PIN 852126
· village code 226668
Population 2011
1,919
Census of India
Population 2020
2,110
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+9.9%
191 people · 1.1% a year
Households
420
+8.8% vs 386 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,919
Male / female
1,044 / 875
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
838
Children aged 0–6
416
Literacy rate
37.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
347 / 0
Working population
982
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
98.7%
Households
386
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
300
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
50
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
245
Non-farm households
125
Share of households farming, 2020
66%
Net sown area
180 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
150 / 180 / 30
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Uteshra panchayat, Salkhua 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
₹18.11 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.35 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹22.98 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹13.48 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.09 lakh · received ₹7.31 lakh · spent ₹12.26 lakh · left ₹4.14 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹9.02 lakh · received ₹11.04 lakh · spent ₹10.71 lakh · left ₹9.34 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.6757, 86.6054 —
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