Kastha observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
By population, Kastha ranks #11 of 85 villages in Paraiya mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kastha is a village of 2,387 people in 360 households (Census 2011) in Paraiya block, Gaya district, Bihar, the 11th-largest of 85 villages in Paraiya block. Literacy is 62%, 8 points above the block average of 54% and the sex ratio is 896 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 824209, served by Paraiya post office; the LGD village code is 255481. The sarpanch is SHANTRA DEVI, and the village votes in Matihani assembly constituency, represented by MLA Narendra Kumar Singh Alias Bogo Singh. The population is estimated at 2,814 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Solara. →
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 Paraiya mandal
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