Gaura
Shahpur block · Bhojpur
district, Bihar · PIN 802166
· village code 246627
Population 2011
4,885
Census of India
Population 2020
9,301
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+90.4%
4,416 people · 7.4% a year
Households
1,100
+73.5% vs 634 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,885
Male / female
2,553 / 2,332
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
913
Children aged 0–6
748
Literacy rate
60.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
800 / 138
Working population
1,325
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
51.4%
Households
634
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 5 km away
No
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
Farming
Farm households
902
Non-farm households
188
Share of households farming, 2020
83%
Net sown area
40 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
40 / 40 / 6
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Gaura panchayat, Shahpur 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
₹37.57 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹12.39 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹28.03 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹21.92 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.73 lakh · received ₹4.94 lakh · spent ₹14.03 lakh · left ₹6.63 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹21.84 lakh · received ₹7.45 lakh · spent ₹14.00 lakh · left ₹15.29 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.6577, 84.4535 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Bhojpur district ·
School
staffing across Bhojpur ·
…and across Bihar