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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Kharaundha is a village in Dhuraiya mandal, Banka district, Bihar, with a population of 377 across 82 households. The village has a literacy rate of 67.6% and is located at coordinates 24.495°N, 83.842°E with postal code 813109.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
NIBHA DEVI
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- LGD code
- 240954
- Pincode
- 813109
- Post office
- Punsia
- Population
- 377
- Households
- 82
- Literacy rate
- 67.6%
- Sex ratio
- 885 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 89
- Distance to district centre
- 279 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 315 km
- Distance to Patna
- 179 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 508 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kosiara · 7 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Hospital Raja Babu · 18 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kharaundha compares
By population, Kharaundha ranks #135 of 222 villages in Dhuraiya mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.6%
+20.7% vs mandal average
- Kharaundha
- 67.6%
- Dhuraiya mandal
- 46.9%
- Banka district
- 47.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
885
−24 vs mandal average
- Kharaundha
- 885
- Dhuraiya mandal
- 909
Household size
people per home
4.6
−0.9 vs mandal average
- Kharaundha
- 4.6
- Dhuraiya mandal
- 5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kharaundha at a glance
Kharaundha is a village of 377 people in 82 households (Census 2011) in Dhuraiya block, Banka district, Bihar, the 135th-largest of 222 villages in Dhuraiya block. Literacy is 68%, 21 points above the block average of 47% and the sex ratio is 885 women per 1,000 men. It lies 279 km from the Banka district centre, 7 km from Nauhatta, the nearest town, 7 km from Kosiara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 813109, served by Punsia post office; the LGD village code is 240954. The nearest hospital or health centre is Hospital Raja Babu, 18 km away. The sarpanch is NIBHA DEVI, and the village votes in Beldaur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Panna Lal Singh Patel. The population is estimated at 444 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kharaundha · this village | 377 | 68% | — |
| Kharaundha · Kandi | 2,632 | 64% | 0 km N |
| Kharaundha · Patan | 994 | 53% | 0 km N |
| Kharaundha · Nabinagar | 540 | 72% | 0 km N |
| Kharaundha · Belhar | — | — | 0 km N |
| Kharaundha · Itkhori | 225 | 60% | 0 km N |
| Gara Khurd · Kandi | 3,798 | 59% | 0.6 km N |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kharaundha
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 2
- Power hours (winter)
- 1
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- BANKA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 25
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 7
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Kharaundha-jotha
- Total area (ha)
- 61
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 7.26
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kharaundha
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Key facts — Kharaundha
- LGD code
- 240954
- Pincode
- 813109
- Post office
- Punsia
- Population (Census 2011)
- 377
- Population (projected 2026)
- 444
- Households
- 82
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 885
- Literacy rate
- 67.6%
- Coordinates
- 24.49539°N, 83.84208°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
- NIBHA DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Dhuraiya
Getting there
How to reach Kharaundha
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna179 kmcapital
- Kolkata508 km
- Delhi803 km
- Hyderabad966 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKosiara7 km
- Hospital / PHCHospital Raja Babu18 km
- Petrol pumpReliance Petrol Pump38 km
- CollegeYodh Singh Namdhari Mahila Mahavidyalaya55 km
- Police stationSSB camp54 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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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