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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Nakta is a village in Palasi mandal, Araria district, Bihar, with a population of 1,191 across 236 households. The village has a literacy rate of 46.6%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
BIRENDRA PASWAN
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- LGD code
- 222050
- Pincode
- 854333
- Post office
- Madanpur (Araria)
- Population
- 1,191
- Households
- 236
- Literacy rate
- 46.6%
- Sex ratio
- 933 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 394
- Distance to district centre
- 33 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Patna
- 143 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 426 km
- Nearest railway station
- Panchgachia · 11 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Goverment hospital,Barail · 11 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Nakta compares
By population, Nakta ranks #64 of 107 villages in Palasi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
46.6%
+4.8% vs mandal average
- Nakta
- 46.6%
- Palasi mandal
- 41.8%
- Araria district
- 42.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
933
+5 vs mandal average
- Nakta
- 933
- Palasi mandal
- 928
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Nakta
- 5.0
- Palasi mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Nakta at a glance
Nakta is a village of 1,191 people in 236 households (Census 2011) in Palasi block, Araria district, Bihar, the 64th-largest of 107 villages in Palasi block. Literacy is 47%, 5 points above the block average of 42% and the sex ratio is 933 women per 1,000 men. It lies 33 km from the Araria district centre, 8 km from Sihaul, the nearest town, 11 km from Panchgachia railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 854333, served by Madanpur (Araria) post office; the LGD village code is 222050. The nearest hospital or health centre is Goverment hospital,Barail, 11 km away. The sarpanch is BIRENDRA PASWAN, and the village votes in Mahishi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Gautam Krishna. The population is estimated at 1,404 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Nakta
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- No
- 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
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- ARARIA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 36
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 36
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 16
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Nakta Khurd
- Total area (ha)
- 206.1
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 13.4
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Nakta
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Nakta
- LGD code
- 222050
- Pincode
- 854333
- Post office
- Madanpur (Araria)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,191
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,404
- Households
- 236
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 933
- Literacy rate
- 46.6%
- Coordinates
- 25.99865°N, 86.48924°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Madhepura
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mahishi
- Member of Parliament
- Dinesh Chandra Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Gautam Krishna
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- BIRENDRA PASWAN
- Block / Mandal
- Palasi
Getting there
How to reach Nakta
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna143 kmcapital
- Kolkata426 km
- Delhi962 km
- Hyderabad1265 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPanchgachia11 km
- Hospital / PHCGoverment hospital,Barail11 km
- ATM / bankgramin bank26 km
- Petrol pumpPetrol Pump29 km
- CollegeMadhepura College31 km
- Police stationMadhepura Town Police Station31 km
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- 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
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