Bihar urges Centre to raise paddy procurement target to 50 lakh MT
Reported by timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
Gosain Bigha observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
Ramlila through the nine nights and the burning of Ravana, Meghnad and Kumbhakarna effigies on Dussehra evening. Kullu Dussehra in Himachal begins on Vijayadashami and runs a week, with village deities carried to Dhalpur maidan.
The regional form observed across North India. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
By population, Gosain Bigha ranks #35 of 157 villages in Akbarpur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gosain Bigha is a village of 1,987 people in 313 households (Census 2011) in Akbarpur block, Nawada district, Bihar, the 35th-largest of 157 villages in Akbarpur block. Literacy is 58%, 8 points above the block average of 50% and the sex ratio is 911 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 805121, served by Nemdarganj post office; the LGD village code is 258092. The sarpanch is urmila devi, and the village votes in Alauli assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ram Chandra Sada. The population is estimated at 2,343 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bhanail Lodipur →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gosain Bigha · this village | 1,987 | 58% | — |
| Bhanail Lodipur · Akbarpur | 6,749 | 51% | — |
| Lakhmohna · Akbarpur | 2,794 | 51% | — |
| Nanauri · Akbarpur | 1,130 | 61% | — |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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.
Centred on Akbarpur mandal
Reported by timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
Reported by Livemint.
Reported by WION.
No people on record for this village yet.
Be the first villager to add one.
Claim this village & add the first peopleNo jobs on record for this village yet.
Be the first villager to add one.
Claim this village & add the first jobRecent reporting about this district and state, from the press. Headlines link to the publisher.
No photos on record for this village yet.
Be the first villager to add one.
Claim this village & add the first photoAnswers are auto-built from the village's verified record. If something is wrong, residents can correct it after claiming the village.