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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
Neelam devi
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- LGD code
- 221968
- Pincode
- 854332
- Post office
- Kuari
- Population
- 4,228
- Households
- 824
- Literacy rate
- 49.3%
- Sex ratio
- 920 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,863
- Distance to district centre
- 85 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 31 km
- Distance to Patna
- 252 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 431 km
- Nearest railway station
- Jogbani · 25 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Sohdi · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Musanda compares
By population, Musanda ranks #13 of 57 villages in Sikti mandal.
Literacy rate
%
49.3%
+3.8% vs mandal average
- Musanda
- 49.3%
- Sikti mandal
- 45.5%
- Araria district
- 42.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
920
−22 vs mandal average
- Musanda
- 920
- Sikti mandal
- 942
Household size
people per home
5.1
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Musanda
- 5.1
- Sikti mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Musanda at a glance
Musanda is a village of 4,228 people in 824 households (Census 2011) in Sikti block, Araria district, Bihar, the 13th-largest of 57 villages in Sikti block. Literacy is 49%, 4 points above the block average of 46% and the sex ratio is 920 women per 1,000 men. It lies 85 km from the Araria district centre, 15 km from Palasi, the nearest town, 25 km from Jogbani railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 854332, served by Kuari post office; the LGD village code is 221968. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Sohdi, 8 km away. The sarpanch is Neelam devi, and the village votes in Araria assembly constituency, represented by MLA Abidur Rahman. The population is estimated at 4,985 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Musanda · this village | 4,228 | 49% | — |
| Tera Khurdah · Sikti | 4,685 | 50% | 2.3 km W |
| Thengpur Pipra · Sikti | 5,816 | 56% | 3.2 km SW |
| Jhala · Terhagachh | 3,885 | 36% | 13.2 km E |
| Palasi · Khargram | 1,225 | 64% | 15.4 km SE |
| Palasi · Dantan - II | 4,463 | 73% | 15.4 km SE |
| Palasi · Kaliganj | 19,984 | 57% | 15.4 km SE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Musanda
- 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
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- 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)
- 45
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 45
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Bhirbhiri
- Total area (ha)
- 557
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 200
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Musanda
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Musanda
- LGD code
- 221968
- Pincode
- 854332
- Post office
- Kuari
- Population (Census 2011)
- 4,228
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,985
- Households
- 824
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 920
- Literacy rate
- 49.3%
- Coordinates
- 26.36691°N, 87.50709°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Araria
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Araria
- Member of Parliament
- Pradeep Kumar Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Abidur Rahman
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Neelam devi
- Block / Mandal
- Sikti
- Nearest railway station
- Kusiargaon (34.9 km)
Getting there
How to reach Musanda
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna252 kmcapital
- Kolkata431 km
- Delhi1046 km
- Hyderabad1364 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationJogbani25 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Sohdi8 km
- ATM / banksbi india25 km
- Petrol pumpFuel withour water35 km
- College+2 N.A. High School42 km
- Police stationRailway Police Force RPF53 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 854332
Villages near Musanda
Other villages in Sikti mandal
View all 58+ →- Amgachhi
- Paraia
- Khoragachhi
- Bhirbhiri
- Saidabad
- Bardaha
- Bokantari
- Thengpur Pipra
- Muraripur
- Darhua
- Tera Khurdah
- Pothia
- Barahmasia Simalbani
- Kuchaha
- Majrakh
- Singhia
- Dhengri
- Bairgachhi
- Dahgawan
- Kuan Pokhar
- Barahmasia
- Kauakoh
- Pahara
- Ramnagar
- Sikti
- Barahmasia Ranikatta
- Khuthara Mashragi
- Bhaptia
- Karahbari
- Pararia Ranikatta
- Khoragachhi Milik
- Benga
- Sohagmara
- Aulabari
- Dipnagar
- Pipra
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)