Amas

Amas block · Gaya district, Bihar · PIN 824219 · village code 255844

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 4,679 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 2,660 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

4,679

Male / female

2,418 / 2,261

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

935

Children aged 0–6

797

Literacy rate

58.0%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

1,962 / 0

Working population

1,423

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

73.1%

Households

723

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school nearest 1 km away

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

Yes

Primary health centre

PHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Common service centre

No CSC

Farming

Farm households

402

Non-farm households

128

Share of households farming, 2020

76%

Net sown area

100 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

100 / 80 / 28

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Amas panchayat, Amas 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

₹52.94 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹16.96 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹56.40 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹13.50 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹22.46 lakh · received ₹6.76 lakh · spent ₹19.55 lakh · left ₹9.67 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹30.48 lakh · received ₹10.20 lakh · spent ₹36.85 lakh · left ₹3.83 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

24.5946, 84.7323 — view on OpenStreetMap

Nearby villages

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How this village compares

Biggest population changes in Gaya district · School staffing across Gaya · …and across Bihar