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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Birnia is a village in Dhuraiya mandal, Banka district, Bihar with a population of 785 across 153 households and a literacy rate of 49.7%. It is located at coordinates 24.782°N, 87.155°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MINA DEVI
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- LGD code
- 241120
- Pincode
- 813109
- Post office
- Punsia
- Population
- 785
- Households
- 153
- Literacy rate
- 49.7%
- Sex ratio
- 992 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 431
- Distance to district centre
- 112 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 81 km
- Distance to Patna
- 222 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 275 km
- Nearest railway station
- Behrajor · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Primary Health Centre, Motia · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Birnia compares
By population, Birnia ranks #100 of 222 villages in Dhuraiya mandal.
Literacy rate
%
49.7%
+2.8% vs mandal average
Birnia49.7%
Dhuraiya mandal46.9%
Banka district47.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
992
+83 vs mandal average
Birnia992
Dhuraiya mandal909
Household size
people per home
5.1
−0.4 vs mandal average
Birnia5.1
Dhuraiya mandal5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Birnia at a glance
Birnia is a village of 785 people in 153 households (Census 2011) in Dhuraiya block, Banka district, Bihar, the 100th-largest of 222 villages in Dhuraiya block. Literacy is 50%, 3 points above the block average of 47% and the sex ratio is 992 women per 1,000 men. It lies 112 km from the Banka district centre, 28 km from Gaura, the nearest town, 4 km from Behrajor railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 813109, served by Punsia post office; the LGD village code is 241120. The nearest hospital or health centre is Primary Health Centre, Motia, 6 km away. The sarpanch is MINA DEVI, and the village votes in Beldaur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Panna Lal Singh Patel. The population is estimated at 926 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Birnia
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 1
- Power hours (winter)
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BANKA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 35
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 35
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Ghasia-basbitta
- Total area (ha)
- 93
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 57.02
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Birnia
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Birnia
- LGD code
- 241120
- Pincode
- 813109
- Post office
- Punsia
- Population (Census 2011)
- 785
- Population (projected 2026)
- 926
- Households
- 153
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 992
- Literacy rate
- 49.7%
- Coordinates
- 24.78201°N, 87.15476°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khagaria
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Beldaur
- Member of Parliament
- Rajesh Verma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Panna Lal Singh Patel
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MINA DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Dhuraiya
Getting there
How to reach Birnia
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna222 kmcapital
- Kolkata275 km
- Delhi1075 km
- Hyderabad1218 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBehrajor4 km
- Hospital / PHCPrimary Health Centre, Motia6 km
- CollegeBCE Bhagalpur54 km
- Police stationBabarganj Police Station52 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, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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