Gangahar
Bodhgaya block · Gaya
district, Bihar · PIN 824231
· village code 256581
Population 2011
2,547
Census of India
Population 2020
3,030
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+19.0%
483 people · 1.9% a year
Households
431
+13.7% vs 379 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,547
Male / female
1,260 / 1,287
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,021
Children aged 0–6
519
Literacy rate
40.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,445 / 0
Working population
855
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.8%
Households
379
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 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
PHC
Anganwadi nearest 2 km away
No
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
80
Non-farm households
110
Share of households farming, 2020
42%
Net sown area
300 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
300 / 200 / 100
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Atiya 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
₹27.11 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹0
Received directly
—
Spent
₹16.75 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹10.35 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.02 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹10.28 lakh · left ₹3.73 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹13.09 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹6.47 lakh · left ₹6.62 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.7027, 84.9842 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Gaya district ·
School
staffing across Gaya ·
…and across Bihar