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- LGD code
- 258083
- Pincode
- 805112
- Post office
- Parnawada
- Population
- 10,113
- Households
- 1,519
- Literacy rate
- 45.8%
- Sex ratio
- 934 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 3,196
जनगणना 2011 · तुलना में
फराहा की तुलना
By population, Pharaha ranks #1 of 157 villages in Akbarpur mandal — the largest.
Literacy rate
%
45.8%
−4.5% vs mandal average
- Pharaha
- 45.8%
- Akbarpur mandal
- 50.3%
- Nawada district
- 49.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
934
+2 vs mandal average
- Pharaha
- 934
- Akbarpur mandal
- 932
Household size
people per home
6.7
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Pharaha
- 6.7
- Akbarpur mandal
- 6.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
फराहा एक नज़र में
फराहा बिहार के नवादा जिले के अकबरपुर ब्लॉक में 10,113 लोगों 1,519 परिवारों में (जनगणना 2011) का एक गांव है, जो अकबरपुर ब्लॉक के 157 गांवों में सबसे बड़ा है। साक्षरता 46% है, जो ब्लॉक औसत 50% से 5 अंक कम है और लिंगानुपात प्रति 1,000 पुरुषों पर 934 महिलाएं। पिनकोड 805112 है, Parnawada डाकघर द्वारा सेवित; एलजीडी गांव कोड 258083 है। गांव Alauli विधानसभा क्षेत्र में आता है, विधायक Ram Chandra Sada हैं। 2026 में अनुमानित जनसंख्या 11,923 है, 2011 जनगणना से 18% अधिक।
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · फराहा
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 3
- Power hours (winter)
- 5
- Primary school
- 4
- Middle school
- 2
- 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
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- NAWADA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 6
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 6
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 11
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 481
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 330
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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मुख्य तथ्य — फराहा
- LGD code
- 258083
- Pincode
- 805112
- Post office
- Parnawada
- Population (Census 2011)
- 10,113
- Population (projected 2026)
- 11,923
- Households
- 1,519
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 934
- Literacy rate
- 45.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khagaria
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Alauli
- Member of Parliament
- Rajesh Verma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ram Chandra Sada
- Block / Mandal
- Akbarpur
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अकबरपुर मंडल के अन्य गांव
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)