Gonwara
Shivaji Nagar block · Samastipur
district, Bihar · PIN 848216
· village code 236427
Population 2011
1,937
Census of India
Population 2020
2,450
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+26.5%
513 people · 2.6% a year
Households
487
+25.2% vs 389 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,937
Male / female
1,001 / 936
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
935
Children aged 0–6
395
Literacy rate
38.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
876 / 3
Working population
405
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.8%
Households
389
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
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
Farming
Farm households
288
Non-farm households
106
Share of households farming, 2020
73%
Net sown area
21 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
11 / 21 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Jakhar Dharampur panchayat, Shivaji Nagar 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
₹57.29 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹26.91 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹70.37 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹13.83 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹28.42 lakh · received ₹10.72 lakh · spent ₹32.96 lakh · left ₹6.18 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹28.87 lakh · received ₹16.19 lakh · spent ₹37.41 lakh · left ₹7.65 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.8559, 86.0762 —
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population changes in Samastipur district ·
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