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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
KULSUM
Contact: 80****1895
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- LGD code
- 222133
- Pincode
- 854311
- Post office
- Araria
- Population
- 7,592
- Households
- 1,525
- Literacy rate
- 45.2%
- Sex ratio
- 926 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,506
Census 2011 · in context
How Bagdahara compares
By population, Bagdahara ranks #9 of 99 villages in Jokihat mandal.
Literacy rate
%
45.2%
+3.9% vs mandal average
Bagdahara45.2%
Jokihat mandal41.3%
Araria district42.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
926
+7 vs mandal average
Bagdahara926
Jokihat mandal919
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.1 vs mandal average
Bagdahara5.0
Jokihat mandal4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bagdahara at a glance
Bagdahara is a village of 7,592 people in 1,525 households (Census 2011) in Jokihat block, Araria district, Bihar, the 9th-largest of 99 villages in Jokihat block. Literacy is 45%, 4 points above the block average of 41% and the sex ratio is 926 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 854311, served by Araria post office; the LGD village code is 222133. The sarpanch is KULSUM, and the village votes in Dhamdaha assembly constituency, represented by MLA Leshi Singh. The population is estimated at 8,951 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bagdahara
- 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
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 1
- Power hours (winter)
- 1
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 1
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- ARARIA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 14
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 14
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Bagdahara
- Total area (ha)
- 438.38
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 194.76
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bagdahara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bagdahara
- LGD code
- 222133
- Pincode
- 854311
- Post office
- Araria
- Population (Census 2011)
- 7,592
- Population (projected 2026)
- 8,951
- Households
- 1,525
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 926
- Literacy rate
- 45.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Purnia
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhamdaha
- Member of Parliament
- Pappu Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Leshi Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- KULSUM
- Block / Mandal
- Jokihat
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View all 60+ →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)