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Kolhua is a village in Barhat mandal, Jamui district, Bihar. With a population of 5,729 spread across 1,052 households, it has a literacy rate of 43.9%. The village is located at coordinates 26.021°N, 85.117°E with PIN code 811307.
By population, Kolhua ranks #7 of 43 villages in Barhat mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kolhua Bihar के जमुई जिले के बरहट ब्लॉक में 5,729 लोगों 1,052 परिवारों में (जनगणना 2011) का एक गांव है, जो बरहट ब्लॉक के 43 गांवों में 7वां सबसे बड़ा है। साक्षरता 44% है, जो ब्लॉक औसत 50% से 6 अंक कम है और लिंगानुपात प्रति 1,000 पुरुषों पर 945 महिलाएं। यह जमुई जिला मुख्यालय से 134 किमी, निकटतम कस्बे Saraiya से 4 किमी, Saraiya Junction रेलवे स्टेशन से 1 से कम किमी स्थित है (सीधी रेखा दूरी)। पिनकोड 811307 है, Jamui Court डाकघर द्वारा सेवित; एलजीडी गांव कोड 258761 है। निकटतम अस्पताल या स्वास्थ्य केंद्र Jeevan Rekha Arogya Sansthn है, 6 किमी दूर। सरपंच DAMODAR PASWAN हैं, और गांव Kusheshwar Asthan विधानसभा क्षेत्र में आता है, जिसके विधायक Atirek Kumar हैं। 2026 में अनुमानित जनसंख्या 6,754 है, 2011 जनगणना से 18% अधिक।
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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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