Sekhwara
Bodhgaya block · Gaya
district, Bihar · PIN 824234
· village code 256567
Population 2011
3,116
Census of India
Population 2020
3,465
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.2%
349 people · 1.2% a year
Households
541
+13.4% vs 477 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,116
Male / female
1,586 / 1,530
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
965
Children aged 0–6
629
Literacy rate
44.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,775 / 0
Working population
975
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
75.2%
Households
477
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
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
328
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
41
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
350
Non-farm households
189
Share of households farming, 2020
65%
Net sown area
195 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
195 / 185 / 20
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Shekhwara panchayat, Bodhgaya 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
₹79.84 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹23.38 lakh
Received directly
₹1.84 lakh
Spent
₹47.09 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹57.97 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹17.03 lakh · received ₹9.32 lakh · spent ₹23.32 lakh · left ₹4.86 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹62.81 lakh · received ₹14.07 lakh · spent ₹23.76 lakh · left ₹53.11 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.5586, 84.7872 —
view on OpenStreetMap
Nearby villages
Sauntar
compare · Sawasin
compare · Sehuan
compare · Sekhu Bigha
compare · Selari
compare · Selwe
compare · Semarhat
compare · Semariya
compare
How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Gaya district ·
School
staffing across Gaya ·
…and across Bihar