Ghaghar
Sherghatty block · Gaya
district, Bihar · PIN 824211
· village code 256285
Population 2011
2,182
Census of India
Population 2020
2,263
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+3.7%
81 people · 0.4% a year
Households
393
+1.8% vs 386 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,182
Male / female
1,110 / 1,072
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
966
Children aged 0–6
419
Literacy rate
45.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
817 / 0
Working population
828
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
85.8%
Households
386
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
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
Sub Centre
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
155
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
31
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Girls
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
326
Non-farm households
67
Share of households farming, 2020
83%
Net sown area
76 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
76 / 31 / 5
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dhab Chiraiya panchayat, Sherghatty 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
₹63.02 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.60 lakh
Received directly
₹1.71 lakh
Spent
₹41.18 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹43.14 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹19.89 lakh · received ₹7.81 lakh · spent ₹21.73 lakh · left ₹7.67 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹43.13 lakh · received ₹11.79 lakh · spent ₹19.45 lakh · left ₹35.47 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.5586, 84.7872 —
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