Gaura observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
Gaura is a village in Hilsa mandal, Nalanda district, Bihar. It has a population of 3,030 across 517 households, with a literacy rate of 57.2%.
By population, Gaura ranks #22 of 57 villages in Hilsa mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gaura is a village of 3,030 people in 517 households (Census 2011) in Hilsa block, Nalanda district, Bihar, the 22nd-largest of 57 villages in Hilsa block. Literacy is 57%, 6 points above the block average of 51% and the sex ratio is 891 women per 1,000 men. It lies 118 km from the Nalanda district centre, 0 km from Gaura, the nearest town, 15 km from Bela railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 801302, served by Hilsa post office; the LGD village code is 244783. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Pothia, 7 km away. The village votes in Munger assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kumar Pranay. The population is estimated at 3,572 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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