Gousgang
Paliganj block · Patna
district, Bihar · PIN 801110
· village code 245802
Population 2011
2,204
Census of India
Population 2020
2,685
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+21.8%
481 people · 2.2% a year
Households
420
+21.7% vs 345 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,204
Male / female
1,069 / 1,135
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,062
Children aged 0–6
441
Literacy rate
53.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
308 / 0
Working population
613
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
58.7%
Households
345
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
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
672
Teachers
12
Students per teacher
56
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
355
Non-farm households
65
Share of households farming, 2020
85%
Net sown area
84 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
84 / 20 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dahiya panchayat, Paliganj 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
₹30.91 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹13.04 lakh
Received directly
₹75,992
Spent
₹23.05 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹21.66 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.81 lakh · received ₹5.20 lakh · spent ₹2.76 lakh · left ₹15.24 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18.10 lakh · received ₹7.84 lakh · spent ₹20.29 lakh · left ₹6.41 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.3296, 84.8018 —
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