Gauhara
Kurtha block · Arwal
district, Bihar · PIN 804421
· village code 260874
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 3,339 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 798 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
3,339
Male / female
1,738 / 1,601
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
921
Children aged 0–6
664
Literacy rate
53.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
345 / 2
Working population
823
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
82.0%
Households
518
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
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
214
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
54
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
117
Non-farm households
65
Share of households farming, 2020
64%
Net sown area
121 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
121 / 5 / 9
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dhamaul Panchayat panchayat, Kurtha 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
₹22.28 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹0
Received directly
₹14.76 lakh
Spent
₹26.94 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹10.09 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.27 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹18.23 lakh · left ₹2.93 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹7.00 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹8.72 lakh · left ₹7.16 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.1712, 84.7903 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Arwal district ·
School
staffing across Arwal ·
…and across Bihar