Gorawan
Silao block · Nalanda
district, Bihar · PIN 803117
· village code 245078
Population 2011
6,282
Census of India
Population 2020
8,500
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+35.3%
2,218 people · 3.4% a year
Households
1,105
+13.7% vs 972 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
6,282
Male / female
3,348 / 2,934
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
876
Children aged 0–6
1,204
Literacy rate
43.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,482 / 1
Working population
2,268
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
87.3%
Households
972
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
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 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
500
Teachers
16
Students per teacher
31
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
705
Non-farm households
400
Share of households farming, 2020
64%
Net sown area
320 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
320 / 320 / 0
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Gorawan panchayat, Silao 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
₹28.27 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹12.83 lakh
Received directly
₹64,348
Spent
₹40.00 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹1.75 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.50 lakh · received ₹5.11 lakh · spent ₹17.74 lakh · left ₹20,028
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹15.77 lakh · received ₹7.72 lakh · spent ₹22.26 lakh · left ₹1.55 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.0924, 85.4329 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Nalanda district ·
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staffing across Nalanda ·
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