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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Mahua is a village in Dhuraiya mandal, Banka district, Bihar, with a population of 246 across 50 households. The village has a literacy rate of 71.5% and is located at coordinates 25.814°N, 85.398°E with postal code 813107.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
REKHA DEVI
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- LGD code
- 240983
- Pincode
- 813107
- Post office
- Rajoun
- Population
- 246
- Households
- 50
- Literacy rate
- 71.5%
- Sex ratio
- 968 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 60
- Distance to district centre
- 104 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 146 km
- Distance to Patna
- 36 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 469 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bithauli · 11 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Chanchal Suman Hospital · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Mahua compares
By population, Mahua ranks #149 of 222 villages in Dhuraiya mandal.
Literacy rate
%
71.5%
+24.6% vs mandal average
Mahua71.5%
Dhuraiya mandal46.9%
Banka district47.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
968
+59 vs mandal average
Mahua968
Dhuraiya mandal909
Household size
people per home
4.9
−0.6 vs mandal average
Mahua4.9
Dhuraiya mandal5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mahua at a glance
Mahua is a village of 246 people in 50 households (Census 2011) in Dhuraiya block, Banka district, Bihar, the 149th-largest of 222 villages in Dhuraiya block. Literacy is 72%, 25 points above the block average of 47% and the sex ratio is 968 women per 1,000 men. It lies 104 km from the Banka district centre, 9 km from Raja Pakar, the nearest town, 11 km from Bithauli railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 813107, served by Rajoun post office; the LGD village code is 240983. The nearest hospital or health centre is Chanchal Suman Hospital, <1 km away. The sarpanch is REKHA DEVI, and the village votes in Beldaur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Panna Lal Singh Patel. The population is estimated at 851 in 2026, up 246% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Mahua
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- 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
- BANKA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 38
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 38
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Sainchak
- Total area (ha)
- 66
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 50.3
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Mahua
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Mahua
- LGD code
- 240983
- Pincode
- 813107
- Post office
- Rajoun
- Population (Census 2011)
- 246
- Population (projected 2026)
- 851
- Households
- 50
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 968
- Literacy rate
- 71.5%
- Coordinates
- 25.81408°N, 85.39790°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
- REKHA DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Dhuraiya
Getting there
How to reach Mahua
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna36 kmcapital
- Kolkata469 km
- Delhi867 km
- Hyderabad1178 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBithauli11 km
- Bus stopHajipur Bus Stop22 km
- Hospital / PHCChanchal Suman Hospital<1 km
- ATM / bankFino Payments Bank<1 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil1 km
- CollegeDevchand Mahavidyalaya21 km
- Police stationPolice Station, Mahua<1 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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