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Nepal floods: A Bihar village grapples with loss and crushing debt
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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Minapur is a village in Kadwa mandal, Katihar district, Bihar. With a population of 1,961 across 380 households, it has a literacy rate of 51.1%. The village is located at coordinates 25.761°N, 88.006°E with postal code 855113.
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- LGD code
- 224620
- Pincode
- 855113
- Post office
- Salmari
- Population
- 1,961
- Households
- 380
- Literacy rate
- 51.1%
- Sex ratio
- 893 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 663
- Distance to district centre
- 100 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 58 km
- Distance to Patna
- 288 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 356 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dhachna · 12 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Barsoi SDH · 17 km
जनगणना 2011 · तुलना में
मीनापुर की तुलना
By population, Minapur ranks #57 of 264 villages in Kadwa mandal.
Literacy rate
%
51.1%
+10.8% vs mandal average
- Minapur
- 51.1%
- Kadwa mandal
- 40.3%
- Katihar district
- 41.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
893
−29 vs mandal average
- Minapur
- 893
- Kadwa mandal
- 922
Household size
people per home
5.2
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Minapur
- 5.2
- Kadwa mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
मीनापुर एक नज़र में
मीनापुर बिहार के कटिहार जिले के कदवा ब्लॉक में 1,961 लोगों 380 परिवारों में (जनगणना 2011) का एक गांव है, जो कदवा ब्लॉक के 264 गांवों में 57वां सबसे बड़ा है। साक्षरता 51% है, जो ब्लॉक औसत 40% से 11 अंक अधिक है और लिंगानुपात प्रति 1,000 पुरुषों पर 893 महिलाएं। यह कटिहार जिला मुख्यालय से 100 किमी, निकटतम कस्बे Raghopur से 3 किमी, Dhachna रेलवे स्टेशन से 12 किमी स्थित है (सीधी रेखा दूरी)। पिनकोड 855113 है, Salmari डाकघर द्वारा सेवित; एलजीडी गांव कोड 224620 है। निकटतम अस्पताल या स्वास्थ्य केंद्र Barsoi SDH है, 17 किमी दूर। गांव Purnia विधानसभा क्षेत्र में आता है, विधायक Vijay Kumar Khemka हैं। 2026 में अनुमानित जनसंख्या 1,848 है, 2011 जनगणना से 6% कम।
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · मीनापुर
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- Yes
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KATIHAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 49
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 49
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 17
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- UNASO PACHGACHHI
- Total area (ha)
- 231
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 42.6
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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मुख्य तथ्य — मीनापुर
- LGD code
- 224620
- Pincode
- 855113
- Post office
- Salmari
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,961
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,848
- Households
- 380
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 893
- Literacy rate
- 51.1%
- Coordinates
- 25.76103°N, 88.00641°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Purnia
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Purnia
- Member of Parliament
- Pappu Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Vijay Kumar Khemka
- Block / Mandal
- Kadwa
पहुंचने का रास्ता
मीनापुर कैसे पहुंचें
शहरों से दूरी · सीधी रेखा
- Patna288 kmcapital
- Kolkata356 km
- Delhi1114 km
- Hyderabad1354 km
प्रकार अनुसार निकटतम · क्षेत्र में कहीं भी
- Railway stationDhachna12 km
- Bus stopBotolbari5 km
- Hospital / PHCBarsoi SDH17 km
- ATM / banksbi19 km
- Petrol pumpReliance11 km
- CollegeTarangapur Nanda Kumar High School34 km
- Police stationRailway Police Force RPF38 km
पूजा स्थल · 5 किमी के भीतर
Temples & shrines near Minapur
1 Mosque mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🕌Sabdhan MosqueMosque4.7 km ↗
एक ही पिनकोड
Villages sharing pincode 855113
- AzamnagarAzamnagar mandal9,855 pop
- KhuriyalAzamnagar mandal7,680 pop
- Kismat GorakhpurAzamnagar mandal7,399 pop
- ChaulharAzamnagar mandal6,387 pop
- Unaso PachgachhiKadwa mandal5,482 pop
- PindhalAzamnagar mandal5,292 pop
- AmarsinghpurAzamnagar mandal5,289 pop
- MadhaipurKadwa mandal5,219 pop
- BairiaAzamnagar mandal5,216 pop
एक नाम, अलग जगह
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कदवा मंडल के अन्य गांव
View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-08
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)