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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Gamharia is a small village in Naokothi mandal, Begusarai district, Bihar, with a population of 409 across 83 households. The village has a literacy rate of 33%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
DINESH YADAV
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- LGD code
- 238169
- Pincode
- 851130
- Post office
- Naokothi
- Population
- 409
- Households
- 83
- Literacy rate
- 33%
- Sex ratio
- 868 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 99
- Distance to district centre
- 67 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 32 km
- Distance to Patna
- 167 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 421 km
- Nearest railway station
- Garh Baruari · 13 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government hospital Hatwaria · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Gamharia compares
By population, Gamharia ranks #25 of 35 villages in Naokothi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
33.0%
−15.6% vs mandal average
- Gamharia
- 33.0%
- Naokothi mandal
- 48.6%
- Begusarai district
- 52.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
868
−55 vs mandal average
- Gamharia
- 868
- Naokothi mandal
- 923
Household size
people per home
4.9
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Gamharia
- 4.9
- Naokothi mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gamharia at a glance
Gamharia is a village of 409 people in 83 households (Census 2011) in Naokothi block, Begusarai district, Bihar, the 25th-largest of 35 villages in Naokothi block. Literacy is 33%, 16 points below the block average of 49% and the sex ratio is 868 women per 1,000 men. It lies 67 km from the Begusarai district centre, 0 km from Gamharia, the nearest town, 13 km from Garh Baruari railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 851130, served by Naokothi post office; the LGD village code is 238169. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital Hatwaria, 9 km away. The sarpanch is DINESH YADAV, and the village votes in Saharsa assembly constituency, represented by MLA Indrajeet Prasad Gupta. The population is estimated at 482 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Gamharia
- LGD code
- 238169
- Pincode
- 851130
- Post office
- Naokothi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 409
- Population (projected 2026)
- 482
- Households
- 83
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 868
- Literacy rate
- 33.0%
- Coordinates
- 26.05485°N, 86.72813°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Madhepura
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Saharsa
- Member of Parliament
- Dinesh Chandra Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Indrajeet Prasad Gupta
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- DINESH YADAV
- Block / Mandal
- Naokothi
Getting there
How to reach Gamharia
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna167 kmcapital
- Kolkata421 km
- Delhi982 km
- Hyderabad1285 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGarh Baruari13 km
- Bus stopPIPRA SUPAUL BUS STAND13 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment hospital Hatwaria9 km
- ATM / bankbank of india13 km
- Petrol pumpMadhepura Fuel Center15 km
- CollegeMadhepura College15 km
- Police stationMadhepura Town Police Station16 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 851130
- NaokothiNaokothi mandal10,370 pop
- HasanpurNaokothi mandal8,527 pop
- RazakpurNaokothi mandal7,528 pop
- SamsaNaokothi mandal6,886 pop
- BabhangamaNaokothi mandal5,844 pop
- BishunpurNaokothi mandal4,636 pop
- BegampurNaokothi mandal4,341 pop
- ChhataunaNaokothi mandal3,672 pop
- Baghras Than SinghNaokothi mandal3,291 pop
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Other villages in Naokothi mandal
View all 35 →- Pahsara
- Naokothi
- Hasanpur
- Razakpur
- Maheshwara
- Samsa
- Babhangama
- Dafarpur
- Bishunpur
- Begampur
- Chhatauna
- Baghras Than Singh
- Depura
- Bindraban
- Deora
- Chak Muzaffar
- Abbupur
- Karaitanr
- Tekanpura
- Gauripur
- Mathurapur
- Isupha
- Nirpur
- Bahadurpur
- Manerpur
- Kamalpur
- Abbupur
- Bahadurpur
- Bahadurpur
- Bindraban
- Fakirana
- Gurdan
- Ibrahimpur
- Kamalpur
- Prayakorna
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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)