Gaura
Kharagpur block · Munger
district, Bihar · PIN 242971
· village code 242971
Population 2011
2,311
Census of India
Population 2020
2,663
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+15.2%
352 people · 1.6% a year
Households
553
+8.0% vs 512 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,311
Male / female
1,244 / 1,067
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
858
Children aged 0–6
449
Literacy rate
38.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,038 / 2
Working population
753
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
74.2%
Households
512
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
412
Non-farm households
58
Share of households farming, 2020
88%
Net sown area
31 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
31 / 19 / 7
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Barauhna panchayat, Kharagpur 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
₹29.87 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.88 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹41.78 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹4.97 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹18.17 lakh · received ₹6.73 lakh · spent ₹24.36 lakh · left ₹53,935
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹11.70 lakh · received ₹10.16 lakh · spent ₹17.42 lakh · left ₹4.43 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.1171, 86.5438 —
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