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Bihar urges Centre to raise paddy procurement target to 50 lakh MT
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
BHOLA PASWAN
Contact: 80****8002
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- LGD code
- 241192
- Pincode
- 813110
- Post office
- Panjwara
- Population
- 5,249
- Households
- 1,074
- Literacy rate
- 72.2%
- Sex ratio
- 930 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,375
Census 2011 · in context
How Panjwara compares
By population, Panjwara ranks #7 of 73 villages in Barahat mandal.
Literacy rate
%
72.2%
+23.3% vs mandal average
Panjwara72.2%
Barahat mandal48.9%
Banka district47.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
930
+14 vs mandal average
Panjwara930
Barahat mandal916
Household size
people per home
4.9
−0.3 vs mandal average
Panjwara4.9
Barahat mandal5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Panjwara at a glance
Panjwara is a village of 5,249 people in 1,074 households (Census 2011) in Barahat block, Banka district, Bihar, the 7th-largest of 73 villages in Barahat block. Literacy is 72%, 23 points above the block average of 49% and the sex ratio is 930 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 813110, served by Panjwara post office; the LGD village code is 241192. The sarpanch is BHOLA PASWAN, and the village votes in Ujiarpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Alok Kumar Mehta. The population is estimated at 6,189 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Panjwara · this village | 5,249 | 72% | — |
| Charsia · Barahat | 1,880 | 37% | — |
| Gobind Pur · Barahat | 1,219 | 61% | — |
| Janukita · Barahat | 855 | 44% | — |
| Nagri · Barahat | 372 | 52% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Panjwara
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 1
- Power hours (winter)
- 1
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 1
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- Yes
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- BANKA
- 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)
- Panjwara
- Total area (ha)
- 206
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 150
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Panjwara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Panjwara
- LGD code
- 241192
- Pincode
- 813110
- Post office
- Panjwara
- Population (Census 2011)
- 5,249
- Population (projected 2026)
- 6,189
- Households
- 1,074
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 930
- Literacy rate
- 72.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ujiarpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ujiarpur
- Member of Parliament
- Nityanand Rai
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Alok Kumar Mehta
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- BHOLA PASWAN
- Block / Mandal
- Barahat
Same pincode
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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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)