Gulma
Kusheswar Asthan East block · Darbhanga
district, Bihar · PIN 848207
· village code 227937
Population 2011
4,245
Census of India
Population 2020
6,500
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+53.1%
2,255 people · 4.8% a year
Households
1,500
+84.7% vs 812 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,245
Male / female
2,196 / 2,049
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
933
Children aged 0–6
911
Literacy rate
23.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,616 / 0
Working population
1,864
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
98.9%
Households
812
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
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
750
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
107
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,100
Non-farm households
400
Share of households farming, 2020
73%
Net sown area
370 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
370 / 360 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Tilkeshwar panchayat, Kusheswar Asthan East 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
₹80.69 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹24.57 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹79.14 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹26.12 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹21.82 lakh · received ₹9.79 lakh · spent ₹31.38 lakh · left ₹23,007
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹58.86 lakh · received ₹14.78 lakh · spent ₹47.76 lakh · left ₹25.89 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.7658, 86.3709 —
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