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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
shree kanti devi
Contact: 62****4452
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- LGD code
- 231833
- Pincode
- 841406
- Post office
- Basantpur (Siwan)
- Population
- 2,572
- Households
- 438
- Literacy rate
- 58.9%
- Sex ratio
- 1142 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 535
Census 2011 · in context
How Gaur compares
By population, Gaur ranks #29 of 71 villages in Maharajganj mandal.
Literacy rate
%
58.9%
+2.9% vs mandal average
- Gaur
- 58.9%
- Maharajganj mandal
- 56.0%
- Siwan district
- 58.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,142
+112 vs mandal average
- Gaur
- 1,142
- Maharajganj mandal
- 1,030
Household size
people per home
5.9
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Gaur
- 5.9
- Maharajganj mandal
- 6.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gaur at a glance
Gaur is a village of 2,572 people in 438 households (Census 2011) in Maharajganj block, Siwan district, Bihar, the 29th-largest of 71 villages in Maharajganj block. Literacy is 59%, 3 points above the block average of 56% and the sex ratio is 1,142 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 841406, served by Basantpur (Siwan) post office; the LGD village code is 231833. The sarpanch is shree kanti devi , and the village votes in Raja Pakar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mahendra Ram. The population is estimated at 3,032 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Madhopur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaur · this village | 2,572 | 59% | — |
| Madhopur · Maharajganj | 3,595 | 55% | — |
| Jalalpur · Maharajganj | 1,604 | 66% | — |
| Baliapatti · Maharajganj | 1,121 | 69% | — |
| Chandpur · Maharajganj | 1,112 | 46% | — |
| Gaur Kathak · Maharajganj | 835 | 47% | — |
| Dhanpura · Maharajganj | 831 | 44% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Gaur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 7
- Power hours (winter)
- 5
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- MAHARAJGANJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 9
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 9
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 9
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Baliya
- Total area (ha)
- 129.97
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 80.5
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Gaur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Gaur
- LGD code
- 231833
- Pincode
- 841406
- Post office
- Basantpur (Siwan)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,572
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,032
- Households
- 438
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1142
- Literacy rate
- 58.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hajipur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Raja Pakar
- Member of Parliament
- Chirag Paswan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Mahendra Ram
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- shree kanti devi
- Block / Mandal
- Maharajganj
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 841406
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- DeuriyaMaharajganj mandal6,209 pop
- Kas DeuraMaharajganj mandal6,208 pop
- PaterhaMaharajganj mandal6,118 pop
- SurajpuraBasantpur mandal5,914 pop
- BasantpurBasantpur mandal5,684 pop
- TakipurMaharajganj mandal5,643 pop
- JigrawnMaharajganj mandal4,645 pop
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)