Gosta Wan
Nawada block · Nawada
district, Bihar · PIN 805104
· village code 257559
Population 2011
3,552
Census of India
Population 2020
3,553
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+0.0%
1 people · 0.0% a year
Households
525
+1.2% vs 519 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,552
Male / female
1,822 / 1,730
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
950
Children aged 0–6
622
Literacy rate
49.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
526 / 0
Working population
1,339
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
86.0%
Households
519
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
25
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
5
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
None
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
442
Non-farm households
75
Share of households farming, 2020
85%
Net sown area
65 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
65 / 65 / 51
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Paura panchayat, Nawada 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
₹35.43 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.48 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹19.02 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹33.89 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.69 lakh · received ₹6.96 lakh · spent ₹2.86 lakh · left ₹15.79 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹23.74 lakh · received ₹10.51 lakh · spent ₹16.15 lakh · left ₹18.10 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.9009, 85.5374 —
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