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CD Block in Bihar, India

Goriakothi
CD Block
Goriakothi is located in BiharGoriakothiGoriakothiLocation in Bihar, India
Coordinates: 26°15′12″N 84°36′27″E / 26.253333°N 84.6075°E / 26.253333; 84.6075
Country India
State Bihar
District Siwan
Subdivision Maharajganj
Headquarters Goriakothi (town)
Government
• Type Community development
• Body Goriyakothi Block
Area
• Total 138 km2 (53 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total 223,709
• Density 1,600/km2 (4,200/sq mi)
Languages
• Official Bhojpuri, Hindi, Urdu, English
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)

Goriakothi is a community development block and a town in district of Siwan, in the Bihar state of India. It is one of six blocks in the Maharajganj Subdivision. The headquarters of the block is in Goriyakothi town.

The total area of the block is 138 square kilometres (53 sq mi), and the total population of the block as of the 2011 census of India is 223,709.[1]

The block is divided into many Gram Panchayats and villages.

The Gram Panchayats in the Goriyakothi block are:[2]

  1. ^ "DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK - Census of India" (PDF). www.censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Village & Panchayats". www.siwan.nic.in. Retrieved 3 July 2018.