Gaighat observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
Gaighat is a village in Kharagpur mandal, Munger district, Bihar with a population of 1,257 across 265 households. The village has a literacy rate of 46.8%, a hospital, and PIN code 811213.
By population, Gaighat ranks #52 of 120 villages in Kharagpur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gaighat is a village of 1,257 people in 265 households (Census 2011) in Kharagpur block, Munger district, Bihar, the 52nd-largest of 120 villages in Kharagpur block. Literacy is 47%, 4 points below the block average of 50% and the sex ratio is 955 women per 1,000 men. It lies 77 km from the Munger district centre, 10 km from Bandwar, the nearest town, 20 km from Dholi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 811213, served by Haweli Kharagpur post office; the LGD village code is 243049. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Jarang, <1 km away. The sarpanch is NIRMALA DEVI, and the village votes in Alauli assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ram Chandra Sada. The population is estimated at 1,482 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Gangta →
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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