Gangta
Harnaut block · Nalanda
district, Bihar · PIN 803110
· village code 244279
Population 2011
1,410
Census of India
Population 2020
1,621
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+15.0%
211 people · 1.6% a year
Households
245
+41.6% vs 173 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,410
Male / female
734 / 676
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
921
Children aged 0–6
331
Literacy rate
37.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
405 / 0
Working population
309
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
91.3%
Households
173
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 2 km away
No
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
160
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
32
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
165
Non-farm households
80
Share of households farming, 2020
67%
Net sown area
205 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
205 / 169 / 17
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Basniyawan panchayat, Harnaut 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
₹32.02 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.47 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹40.87 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹7.61 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹20.74 lakh · received ₹6.56 lakh · spent ₹20.11 lakh · left ₹7.19 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹11.28 lakh · received ₹9.91 lakh · spent ₹20.76 lakh · left ₹42,402
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.3333, 85.6013 —
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staffing across Nalanda ·
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