Garaya
Shahpur block · Bhojpur
district, Bihar · PIN 802154
· village code 246650
Population 2011
1,210
Census of India
Population 2020
1,700
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+40.5%
490 people · 3.9% a year
Households
270
+26.8% vs 213 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,210
Male / female
659 / 551
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
836
Children aged 0–6
169
Literacy rate
60.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
548 / 1
Working population
363
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
76.3%
Households
213
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
80
Teachers
14
Students per teacher
6
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
230
Non-farm households
40
Share of households farming, 2020
85%
Net sown area
35 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
30 / 35 / 5
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Hariharpur 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
₹34.55 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹14.25 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹25.79 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹23.02 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.82 lakh · received ₹5.68 lakh · spent ₹10.16 lakh · left ₹11.34 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18.74 lakh · received ₹8.57 lakh · spent ₹15.63 lakh · left ₹11.69 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.5676, 84.6695 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Bhojpur district ·
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staffing across Bhojpur ·
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