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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Malpur is a village in Barun mandal, Aurangabad district, Bihar. It has a population of 181 across 20 households with a literacy rate of 60.2%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
ASHOK KUMAR SINGH
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- LGD code
- 253657
- Pincode
- 824112
- Post office
- Barun (Aurangabad(BH))
- Population
- 181
- Households
- 20
- Literacy rate
- 60.2%
- Sex ratio
- 967 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 80
- Distance to district centre
- 34 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 5 km
- Distance to Patna
- 31 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 439 km
- Nearest railway station
- Lohanda · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Sandali Hospital Pvt. Ltd · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Malpur compares
By population, Malpur ranks #177 of 202 villages in Barun mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.2%
+2.3% vs mandal average
- Malpur
- 60.2%
- Barun mandal
- 57.9%
- Aurangabad district
- 57.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
967
+41 vs mandal average
- Malpur
- 967
- Barun mandal
- 926
Household size
people per home
9.1
+2.4 vs mandal average
- Malpur
- 9.1
- Barun mandal
- 6.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Malpur at a glance
Malpur is a village of 181 people in 20 households (Census 2011) in Barun block, Aurangabad district, Bihar, the 177th-largest of 202 villages in Barun block. Literacy is 60%, 2 points above the block average of 58% and the sex ratio is 967 women per 1,000 men. It lies 34 km from the Aurangabad district centre, 11 km from Chandi, the nearest town, 3 km from Lohanda railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 824112, served by Barun (Aurangabad(BH)) post office; the LGD village code is 253657. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sandali Hospital Pvt. Ltd, 6 km away. The sarpanch is ASHOK KUMAR SINGH, and the village votes in Hilsa assembly constituency, represented by MLA Krishna Murari Sharan. The population is estimated at 213 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Malpur
- 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
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- AURANGABAD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 20
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Riur
- Total area (ha)
- 49
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 25
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Malpur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Malpur
- LGD code
- 253657
- Pincode
- 824112
- Post office
- Barun (Aurangabad(BH))
- Population (Census 2011)
- 181
- Population (projected 2026)
- 213
- Households
- 20
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 967
- Literacy rate
- 60.2%
- Coordinates
- 25.36400°N, 85.30614°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Nalanda
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Hilsa
- Member of Parliament
- Kaushalendra Kumar
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Krishna Murari Sharan
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- ASHOK KUMAR SINGH
- Block / Mandal
- Barun
Getting there
How to reach Malpur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna31 kmcapital
- Kolkata439 km
- Delhi880 km
- Hyderabad1133 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationLohanda3 km
- Hospital / PHCSandali Hospital Pvt. Ltd6 km
- ATM / bankCanara Bank6 km
- Petrol pumpHP petrol pump10 km
- CollegeRam Babu High school5 km
- Police stationHarnaut Police Station23 km
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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, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)