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Hathia is a village in Belhar mandal, Banka district, Bihar, with a population of 1,575 across 314 households. The village has a literacy rate of 58.7% and is located at coordinates 25.561°N, 88.103°E, with postal code 813212.
By population, Hathia ranks #37 of 172 villages in Belhar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Hathia is a village of 1,575 people in 314 households (Census 2011) in Belhar block, Banka district, Bihar, the 37th-largest of 172 villages in Belhar block. Literacy is 59%, 9 points above the block average of 50% and the sex ratio is 875 women per 1,000 men. It lies 173 km from the Banka district centre, 7 km from Sangram, the nearest town, 7 km from Raiganj railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 813212, served by Sangrampur (Bhagalpur) post office; the LGD village code is 241510. The nearest hospital or health centre is State Ayurvedic Dispensary, Shurun, 5 km away. The sarpanch is JYOTI KUMARI, and the village votes in Hayaghat assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ram Chandra Prasad. The population is estimated at 2,753 in 2026, up 75% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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