Gangsara

Sarairanjan block · Samastipur district, Bihar · PIN 848505 · village code 236963

Population 2011

6,868

Census of India

Population 2020

7,862

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+14.5%

994 people · 1.5% a year

Households

1,549

+11.4% vs 1,391 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

6,868

Male / female

3,508 / 3,360

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

958

Children aged 0–6

1,367

Literacy rate

50.5%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

1,235 / 0

Working population

2,072

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

76.7%

Households

1,391

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school nearest 2 km away

Piped tap water

<50% habitation covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

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

743

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

635

Non-farm households

901

Share of households farming, 2020

41%

Net sown area

301 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

301 / 301 / 298

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Gangsara panchayat, Sarairanjan 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

₹22.54 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹19.88 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹38.89 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹3.53 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹7.00 lakh · received ₹7.92 lakh · spent ₹14.01 lakh · left ₹90,775

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹15.54 lakh · received ₹11.96 lakh · spent ₹24.88 lakh · left ₹2.62 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

25.7477, 85.7177 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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