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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Patwa is a village in Dhuraiya mandal, Banka district, Bihar, with a population of 2,124 across 418 households. The village has a literacy rate of 71% and is located at coordinates 24.818°N, 87.130°E with postal code 813109.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
NIBHA DEVI
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- LGD code
- 240940
- Pincode
- 813109
- Post office
- Punsia
- Population
- 2,124
- Households
- 418
- Literacy rate
- 71%
- Sex ratio
- 842 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 746
- Distance to district centre
- 108 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 76 km
- Distance to Patna
- 218 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 279 km
- Nearest railway station
- Godda · 6 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Primary Health Centre, Motia · 1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Patwa compares
By population, Patwa ranks #34 of 222 villages in Dhuraiya mandal.
Literacy rate
%
71.0%
+24.1% vs mandal average
- Patwa
- 71.0%
- Dhuraiya mandal
- 46.9%
- Banka district
- 47.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
842
−67 vs mandal average
- Patwa
- 842
- Dhuraiya mandal
- 909
Household size
people per home
5.1
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Patwa
- 5.1
- Dhuraiya mandal
- 5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Patwa at a glance
Patwa is a village of 2,124 people in 418 households (Census 2011) in Dhuraiya block, Banka district, Bihar, the 34th-largest of 222 villages in Dhuraiya block. Literacy is 71%, 24 points above the block average of 47% and the sex ratio is 842 women per 1,000 men. It lies 108 km from the Banka district centre, 24 km from Gaura, the nearest town, 6 km from Godda railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 813109, served by Punsia post office; the LGD village code is 240940. The nearest hospital or health centre is Primary Health Centre, Motia, 1 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 2,504 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Patwa
- 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)
- 2
- Power hours (winter)
- 1
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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
- 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)
- 22
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 22
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 9
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Kharaundha-jotha
- Total area (ha)
- 197
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 136
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Patwa
- LGD code
- 240940
- Pincode
- 813109
- Post office
- Punsia
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,124
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,504
- Households
- 418
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 842
- Literacy rate
- 71.0%
- Coordinates
- 24.81781°N, 87.13017°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 Patwa
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna218 kmcapital
- Kolkata279 km
- Delhi1071 km
- Hyderabad1219 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGodda6 km
- Hospital / PHCPrimary Health Centre, Motia1 km
- CollegeBCE Bhagalpur49 km
- Police stationBabarganj Police Station47 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
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