Choraya

Mohanpur block · Gaya district, Bihar · PIN 824232 · village code 257201

Population 2011

1,490

Census of India

Population 2020

1,750

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+17.4%

260 people · 1.8% a year

Households

226

+19.6% vs 189 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

1,490

Male / female

755 / 735

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

974

Children aged 0–6

262

Literacy rate

36.5%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

323 / 0

Working population

711

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

96.6%

Households

189

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water nearest 2 km away

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport nearest 2 km away

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 2 km away

Primary health centre nearest 2 km away

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

246

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

173

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

77%

Net sown area

70 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

70 / 55 / 15

Main irrigation source

Surface water

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Siriyawan panchayat, Mohanpur 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

₹63.80 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹14.97 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹17.64 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹61.13 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹19.19 lakh · received ₹5.96 lakh · spent ₹14.30 lakh · left ₹10.86 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹44.61 lakh · received ₹9.01 lakh · spent ₹3.34 lakh · left ₹50.27 lakh

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

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