Gorgawan
Mahagama block · Godda
district, Jharkhand · PIN 814154
· village code 356508
Population 2011
1,865
Census of India
Population 2020
2,337
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+25.3%
472 people · 2.5% a year
Households
301
+7.9% vs 279 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,865
Male / female
966 / 899
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
931
Children aged 0–6
386
Literacy rate
34.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
368 / 0
Working population
787
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
91.4%
Households
279
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
4-8 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
195
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
65
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
290
Non-farm households
11
Share of households farming, 2020
96%
Net sown area
108 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
108 / 108 / 7
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Garih panchayat, Mahagama 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
₹21.16 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.40 lakh
Received directly
₹62,739
Spent
₹11.04 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹22.15 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.38 lakh · received ₹4.56 lakh · spent ₹3.18 lakh · left ₹8.38 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹14.78 lakh · received ₹6.84 lakh · spent ₹7.86 lakh · left ₹13.77 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.0270, 87.3153 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Godda district ·
School
staffing across Godda ·
…and across Jharkhand