Gurganwan
Matihani block · Begusarai
district, Bihar · PIN 851211
· village code 238469
Population 2011
1,693
Census of India
Population 2020
2,080
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+22.9%
387 people · 2.3% a year
Households
407
+5.4% vs 386 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,693
Male / female
901 / 792
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
879
Children aged 0–6
294
Literacy rate
52.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
200 / 0
Working population
504
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
84.3%
Households
386
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
455
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
57
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
307
Non-farm households
100
Share of households farming, 2020
75%
Net sown area
205 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
129 / 205 / 95
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Gorgama panchayat, Matihani 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
₹41.88 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹14.03 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹29.74 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹26.17 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.32 lakh · received ₹5.59 lakh · spent ₹13.31 lakh · left ₹2.60 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹31.56 lakh · received ₹8.44 lakh · spent ₹16.43 lakh · left ₹23.57 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.3694, 86.2251 —
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How this village compares
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staffing across Begusarai ·
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