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Bihar urges Centre to raise paddy procurement target to 50 lakh MT
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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Durgavati devi
Contact: 62****9700
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- LGD code
- 247001
- Pincode
- 802164
- Post office
- Sandesh
- Population
- 3,739
- Households
- 535
- Literacy rate
- 54.9%
- Sex ratio
- 913 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,523
Census 2011 · in context
How Parura compares
By population, Parura ranks #9 of 54 villages in Sandesh mandal.
Literacy rate
%
54.9%
−0.3% vs mandal average
Parura54.9%
Sandesh mandal55.2%
Bhojpur district58.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
913
+1 vs mandal average
Parura913
Sandesh mandal912
Household size
people per home
7.0
+0.6 vs mandal average
Parura7.0
Sandesh mandal6.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Parura at a glance
Parura is a village of 3,739 people in 535 households (Census 2011) in Sandesh block, Bhojpur district, Bihar, the 9th-largest of 54 villages in Sandesh block. Literacy is 55%, about the same as the block average of 55% and the sex ratio is 913 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 802164, served by Sandesh post office; the LGD village code is 247001. The sarpanch is Durgavati devi, and the village votes in Barh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Siyaram Singh. The population is estimated at 4,408 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Parura →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parura · this village | 3,739 | 55% | — |
| Parura Rampur · Sandesh | 2,522 | 50% | — |
| Kholpur · Sandesh | 2,429 | 51% | — |
| Deoar · Sandesh | 1,809 | 48% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Parura
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 1
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- 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
- ARRAH
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 30
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- PANDURA
- Total area (ha)
- 405
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 180
- Forest area (ha)
- 60
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Parura
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Parura
- LGD code
- 247001
- Pincode
- 802164
- Post office
- Sandesh
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,739
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,408
- Households
- 535
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 913
- Literacy rate
- 54.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Munger
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Barh
- Member of Parliament
- Rajiv Ranjan Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Siyaram Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Durgavati devi
- Block / Mandal
- Sandesh
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 802164
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Parura
Other villages in Sandesh mandal
View all 54+ →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
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)