Selwe
Wazirganj block · Gaya
district, Bihar · PIN 805131
· village code 256780
Population 2011
917
Census of India
Population 2020
1,125
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+22.7%
208 people · 2.3% a year
Households
179
+14.0% vs 157 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
917
Male / female
432 / 485
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,123
Children aged 0–6
134
Literacy rate
56.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
270 / 0
Working population
236
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
82.6%
Households
157
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
No
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
109
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
55
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
140
Non-farm households
17
Share of households farming, 2020
89%
Net sown area
185 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
150 / 185 / 22
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Ghuriyawan panchayat, Wazirganj 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
₹34.84 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.44 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹43.22 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹9.05 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹18.34 lakh · received ₹6.95 lakh · spent ₹16.85 lakh · left ₹8.44 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹16.50 lakh · received ₹10.49 lakh · spent ₹26.38 lakh · left ₹61,383
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.8108, 85.2170 —
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