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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Aishwarya Raj
Contact: 72****3437
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- LGD code
- 221656
- Pincode
- 854334
- Post office
- Maryganj
- Population
- 692
- Households
- 156
- Literacy rate
- 61%
- Sex ratio
- 870 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 466
Census 2011 · in context
How Narhewa Diara compares
By population, Narhewa Diara ranks #42 of 67 villages in Bhargama mandal.
Literacy rate
%
61.0%
+20.5% vs mandal average
- Narhewa Diara
- 61.0%
- Bhargama mandal
- 40.5%
- Araria district
- 42.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
870
−46 vs mandal average
- Narhewa Diara
- 870
- Bhargama mandal
- 916
Household size
people per home
4.4
−0.5 vs mandal average
- Narhewa Diara
- 4.4
- Bhargama mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Narhewa Diara at a glance
Narhewa Diara is a village of 692 people in 156 households (Census 2011) in Bhargama block, Araria district, Bihar, the 42nd-largest of 67 villages in Bhargama block. Literacy is 61%, 21 points above the block average of 41% and the sex ratio is 870 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 854334, served by Maryganj post office; the LGD village code is 221656. The sarpanch is Aishwarya Raj, and the village votes in Kalyanpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Maheshwar Hazari. The population is estimated at 816 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Raghunathpur North →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Narhewa Diara · this village | 692 | 61% | — |
| Raghunath Pur · Bhargama | 17,198 | 40% | — |
| Shaikhpura · Bhargama | 5,517 | 44% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Narhewa Diara
- 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
- 0
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- FORBESGANJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 24
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 42
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 9
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Narhewa Diara
- Total area (ha)
- 95
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 46.8
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Narhewa Diara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Narhewa Diara
- LGD code
- 221656
- Pincode
- 854334
- Post office
- Maryganj
- Population (Census 2011)
- 692
- Population (projected 2026)
- 816
- Households
- 156
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 870
- Literacy rate
- 61.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Samastipur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kalyanpur
- Member of Parliament
- Shambhavi Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Maheshwar Hazari
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Aishwarya Raj
- Block / Mandal
- Bhargama
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 854334
- KoskapurRaniganj mandal18,835 pop
- BistariaRaniganj mandal17,647 pop
- Raghunath PurBhargama mandal17,198 pop
- ManullahpattiBhargama mandal17,181 pop
- HasanpurRaniganj mandal14,671 pop
- PharkiaRaniganj mandal11,823 pop
- Paik ParaBhargama mandal11,676 pop
- Sirsia HanumanganjBhargama mandal11,198 pop
- BishunpurRaniganj mandal10,892 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Narhewa Diara
Other villages in Bhargama mandal
View all 60+ →- Birnagar
- Raghunath Pur
- Manullahpatti
- Paik Para
- Sirsia Hanumanganj
- Khajuri
- Bisaria
- Bhargaon
- Shankarpur
- Simarbani
- Khutha Baijnath
- Kusmaul
- Jainagar
- Bhargaon
- Sirsia Kalan
- Rampuradi
- Dhanesri
- Shaikhpura
- Chiraiya
- Gamharia
- Hingua Jot
- Harpur Kalan
- Baija Patti
- Bishunpr Bhaiaram
- Akarthappa
- Tharua Patti
- Hatibala
- Bisaria Patti
- Bhattaon Kamat
- Sukela
- Nawalganj Pitamber
- Hingua Patti
- Baija Patti
- Pranpath Patti
- Lachhmipur
- Dhanesri
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)