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Bihar urges Centre to raise paddy procurement target to 50 lakh MT
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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
SONI DEVI
Contact: 99****7501
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- LGD code
- 957127
- Pincode
- 854331
- Post office
- Kursakanta
Banmati at a glance
Banmati is a revenue village in Kursakatta block, Araria district, Bihar. The pincode is 854331, served by Kursakanta post office; the LGD village code is 957127. The sarpanch is SONI DEVI, and the village votes in Singheshwar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ramesh Rishi.
Gram panchayat: Kursa Kanta →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banmati · this village | — | — | — |
| Kursakatta · Kursakatta | 5,195 | 54% | — |
| Maratibpur · Kursakatta | 4,369 | 47% | — |
| Dhowabari · Kursakatta | 3,721 | 35% | — |
| Banmali · Kursakatta | 705 | 46% | — |
| Khuthura Magrabi · Kursakatta | 246 | 68% | — |
| Bhagtira · Kursakatta | 194 | 44% | — |
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Notice board · Banmati
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Banmati
- LGD code
- 957127
- Pincode
- 854331
- Post office
- Kursakanta
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Supaul
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Singheshwar
- Member of Parliament
- Dileshwar Kamait
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ramesh Rishi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SONI DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Kursakatta
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 854331
- KamladorhaKursakatta mandal5,722 pop
- Tera KhurdahSikti mandal4,685 pop
- MaratibpurKursakatta mandal4,369 pop
- DhowabariKursakatta mandal3,721 pop
- Phasimagrabi And PhasimashraqiKursakatta mandal3,681 pop
- PakriKursakatta mandal3,459 pop
- MaigaraKursakatta mandal3,376 pop
- SundariKursakatta mandal3,297 pop
- BairgachhiAraria mandal3,003 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Banmati
Other villages in Kursakatta mandal
View all 60+ →- Lolokhur
- Siktia
- Kamladorha
- Rahatmina
- Kuari
- Kursakatta
- Harira
- Maratibpur
- Shoirgaon
- Dhowabari
- Phasimagrabi And Phasimashraqi
- Dumaria
- Pakri
- Shankarpur
- Maigara
- Sundari
- Lachhmipur
- Asura Kalan Khola
- Kotahpur
- Rajaula
- Parasi
- Balchanda
- Asabhag
- Shijhua
- Madhubani
- Khajurbari
- Doria
- Sonapur
- Bakhri Milik
- Itahi
- Chikni
- Gausnagar
- Paikdara
- Mohiuddinpur
- Bhorha
- Batraha
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)