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Gaura

गौरा
Manpur mandal
Pincode 823003
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Gaura is a small village in Manpur mandal, Gaya district, Bihar, with 569 people across 74 households. It has a literacy rate of 44.5% and is located at PIN 823003.

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LGD code
255273
Pincode
823003
Post office
Buniyad Ganj
Population
569
Households
74
Literacy rate
44.5%
Sex ratio
890 ♀/1000♂
Workers
200
Distance to district centre
134 km
Distance to mandal centre
136 km
Distance to Patna
211 km
Distance to Kolkata
301 km
Nearest railway station
Bela · 15 km
Nearest hospital / PHC
Government Hospital, Pothia · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context

How Gaura compares

By population, Gaura ranks #66 of 78 villages in Manpur mandal.

Literacy rate
%
44.5%
−4.0% vs mandal average
Gaura
44.5%
Manpur mandal
48.5%
Gaya district
52.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
890
−45 vs mandal average
Gaura
890
Manpur mandal
935
Household size
people per home
7.7
+1.9 vs mandal average
Gaura
7.7
Manpur mandal
5.8

Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).

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Gaura at a glance

Gaura is a village of 569 people in 74 households (Census 2011) in Manpur block, Gaya district, Bihar, the 66th-largest of 78 villages in Manpur block. Literacy is 45%, 4 points below the block average of 49% and the sex ratio is 890 women per 1,000 men. It lies 134 km from the Gaya district centre, 0 km from Gaura, the nearest town, 15 km from Bela railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 823003, served by Buniyad Ganj post office; the LGD village code is 255273. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Pothia, 7 km away. The village votes in Kusheshwar Asthan assembly constituency, represented by MLA Atirek Kumar. The population is estimated at 671 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.

Gram panchayat: Lakhan Pur

Nearby villages compared

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villagePopulationLiteracyDistance
Gaura · this village56945%
Gaura · Tarari00 km N
Gaura · Kharagpur2,31139%0 km N
Gaura · Shahpur4,88561%0 km N
Gaura · Singhwara2,75937%0 km N
Gaura · Purnia East89234%0 km N
Gaura · Kotulpur74165%0 km N

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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Gaura

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
Yes
Power hours (summer)
5
Power hours (winter)
6
Primary school
1
Middle school
0
Secondary school
0
Senior secondary
0
Degree college
0
Primary health centre
0
Health sub-centre
0
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
No
Anganwadi centre
Yes
ASHA worker
Yes
Fair-price shop
No
Mandi / regular market
No
Weekly haat
No
Nearest statutory town
GAYA
Distance to nearest town (km)
8
Distance to district HQ (km)
8
Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
5
All-weather road
Yes
Gram panchayat (2011)
Lakhanpur
Total area (ha)
49
Irrigated area (ha)
32.4
Forest area (ha)
0

Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.

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Key facts — Gaura

LGD code
255273
Pincode
823003
Post office
Buniyad Ganj
Population (Census 2011)
569
Population (projected 2026)
671
Households
74
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
890
Literacy rate
44.5%
Coordinates
25.03592°N, 87.14492°E
Lok Sabha constituency
Samastipur
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Kusheshwar Asthan
Member of Parliament
Shambhavi Choudhary
Member of Legislative Assembly
Atirek Kumar
Block / Mandal
Manpur
Getting there

How to reach Gaura

Mandal centre
Manpur · ≈ 136 km
≈ 4 h 40 min by car · 5 h 32 min by bike
Directions
District centre
Gaya · ≈ 134 km
≈ 4 h 35 min by car · 5 h 27 min by bike
Directions
Nearest town · 12,517 people
Gaura · ≈ under 1 km
Directions
Distance to cities · straight line
  • Patna211 kmcapital
  • Kolkata301 km
  • Delhi1063 km
  • Hyderabad1236 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
  • Railway stationBela15 km
  • Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Pothia7 km
  • ATM / bankCanara Bank, Hussainabad28 km
  • CollegeBCE Bhagalpur26 km
  • Police stationBabarganj Police Station26 km
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Sources & freshness
  • Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
  • Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
  • Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-09
  • Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
  • Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
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