Gangajal
Sonepur block · Saran
district, Bihar · PIN 841101
· village code 234558
Population 2011
2,867
Census of India
Population 2020
3,585
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+25.0%
718 people · 2.5% a year
Households
685
+29.3% vs 530 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,867
Male / female
1,487 / 1,380
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
928
Children aged 0–6
495
Literacy rate
61.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
138 / 0
Working population
757
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
66.6%
Households
530
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 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
310
Teachers
20
Students per teacher
16
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
80
Non-farm households
200
Share of households farming, 2020
29%
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Gangajal panchayat, Sonepur 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
₹27.89 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹14.08 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹28.19 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹13.77 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.30 lakh · received ₹5.61 lakh · spent ₹11.72 lakh · left ₹6.19 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹15.58 lakh · received ₹8.47 lakh · spent ₹16.47 lakh · left ₹7.58 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.7117, 85.1517 —
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How this village compares
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