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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
INDRADEV RAY
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- LGD code
- 238252
- Pincode
- 851211
- Post office
- Lakhminia
- Population
- 13,561
- Households
- 2,736
- Literacy rate
- 51.1%
- Sex ratio
- 899 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 4,404
Census 2011 · in context
How Katarmala compares
By population, Katarmala ranks #1 of 29 villages in Dandari mandal — the largest.
Literacy rate
%
51.1%
+6.0% vs mandal average
- Katarmala
- 51.1%
- Dandari mandal
- 45.1%
- Begusarai district
- 52.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
899
−7 vs mandal average
- Katarmala
- 899
- Dandari mandal
- 906
Household size
people per home
5.0
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Katarmala
- 5.0
- Dandari mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Katarmala at a glance
Katarmala is a village of 13,561 people in 2,736 households (Census 2011) in Dandari block, Begusarai district, Bihar, the largest of 29 villages in Dandari block. Literacy is 51%, 6 points above the block average of 45% and the sex ratio is 899 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 851211, served by Lakhminia post office; the LGD village code is 238252. The sarpanch is INDRADEV RAY, and the village votes in Bihpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kumar Shailendra. The population is estimated at 15,988 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Katarmala
- LGD code
- 238252
- Pincode
- 851211
- Post office
- Lakhminia
- Population (Census 2011)
- 13,561
- Population (projected 2026)
- 15,988
- Households
- 2,736
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 899
- Literacy rate
- 51.1%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bhagalpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bihpur
- Member of Parliament
- Ajay Kumar Mandal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kumar Shailendra
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- INDRADEV RAY
- Block / Mandal
- Dandari
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Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Katarmala
Other villages in Dandari mandal
View all 29 →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-15
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)