Village · Bodh Gaya, Gaya # Gangahar Gangahar is a village in Bodh Gaya sub-district of Gaya district, Bihar, PIN code 824231. The 2011 Census counted 2,547 people in 379 households, the 22nd largest of 132 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.1%. - 2,547 people (2011) - 379 households - 50.9% literacy - 824231 PIN code ## Gangahar PIN code and other codes The PIN code of Gangahar is 824231. Gangahar falls in Bodh Gaya sub-district, Gaya district, Bihar. - PIN code 824231 - Gram panchayat Gangahar - Community development block Bodh Gaya - Census village code 256581 Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. ## How far is Gangahar from nearby towns? - Bodh Gaya (sub-district HQ) 12 km by road - Gaya (district HQ) 30 km by road - Bodh Gaya (nearest town) 12 km by road Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. ## What facilities are there in Gangahar? 11 services counted by the Census are inside Gangahar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ● Pre-primary school In village · 1 private - ● Primary school In village · 1 govt - ● Middle school In village · 1 govt - ● Mobile phone coverage In village - ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village - ● All-weather road In village - ● Mandi / regular market In village - ● Weekly haat In village - ● Anganwadi centre In village - ● ASHA health worker In village - ● Polling station In village ### Nearest outside - ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Bodh Gaya - ○ Degree college 10+ km · Bodh Gaya - ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Gaya - ○ Primary health centre 10+ km - ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km - ○ Dispensary under 5 km - ○ Post office 10+ km - ○ Public bus service 5–10 km - ○ Railway station 10+ km - ○ ATM 5–10 km - ○ Commercial bank 10+ km - ○ Ration (PDS) shop 5–10 km - ○ Public library 10+ km ### Water and power - Drinking water hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes - Electricity (2011) 5 h summer · 6 h winter Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed. ## What is Gangahar known for? The main crops are paddy. About 82% of the 200 hectares of village land is sown, and 159 hectares are irrigated. Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. ## Homes and amenities in Gangahar Of every 100 households in Gangahar in 2011, 10 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car. ■ Gangahar · ■ Bodh Gaya rural average - Electricity for lighting 10% 17% - Toilet within the home 1% 12% - No toilet (open defecation) 99% 87% - Tap water 0% 2% - Drinking water within premises 26% 41% - Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2% - Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 94% - Use banking services 26% 42% - Television 14% 13% - Mobile phone 35% 46% - Computer with internet 0% 0% - Two-wheeler 6% 6% - Car / jeep / van 0% 1% - None of these assets 59% 37% - Own their home 100% 98% Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14). ## What is the population of Gangahar? ■ Gangahar · ■ Bodh Gaya rural average - Literacy (age 7+) 50.9% 58.1% - Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1021 952 - Child sex ratio (0–6) 966 958 - Working population 33.6% 37.2% ### Women and men Literacy is 61.7% for men and 40.4% for women. 42% of men and 25% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ■ Cultivators 115 (13%) · ■ Farm labourers 511 (60%) · ■ Household industry 8 (1%) · ■ Other work 40 (5%) · ■ Marginal 181 (21%) Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts. ## Other villages of similar size in Bodh Gaya - Mankosi 2,867 people - Parariya 2,790 people - Larpur 2,636 people - Bara 2,558 people - Bela Dih 2,465 people - Ratnara Ganga Bigha 2,465 people - Baraini 2,265 people - Jani Bigha 2,249 people All 139 villages in Bodh Gaya ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Gangahar? 824231 - How far is Gangahar from Gaya? 30 km by road - What is the population of Gangahar? 2,547 (Census 2011) - Which district is Gangahar in? Gaya district (Bodh Gaya sub-district), Bihar - What is the literacy rate of Gangahar? 50.9% (Census 2011) --- Canonical: https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/gaya/bodh-gaya/gangahar/ · Updated 2026-11-02 · Data: national censuses and statistics offices (sources named in each section); © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); Overture Maps; GeoNames; NASA POWER.