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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Sangita devi
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- LGD code
- 248006
- Pincode
- 802112
- Post office
- Brahampur
- Population
- 673
- Households
- 118
- Literacy rate
- 49.2%
- Sex ratio
- 854 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 282
Census 2011 · in context
How Kuawan compares
By population, Kuawan ranks #52 of 104 villages in Barhampur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
49.2%
−6.2% vs mandal average
- Kuawan
- 49.2%
- Barhampur mandal
- 55.4%
- Buxar district
- 58.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
854
−68 vs mandal average
- Kuawan
- 854
- Barhampur mandal
- 922
Household size
people per home
5.7
−1.1 vs mandal average
- Kuawan
- 5.7
- Barhampur mandal
- 6.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kuawan at a glance
Kuawan is a village of 673 people in 118 households (Census 2011) in Barhampur block, Buxar district, Bihar, the 52nd-largest of 104 villages in Barhampur block. Literacy is 49%, 6 points below the block average of 55% and the sex ratio is 854 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 802112, served by Brahampur post office; the LGD village code is 248006. The sarpanch is Sangita devi , and the village votes in Fatuha assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rama Nand Yadav. The population is estimated at 793 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Gahauna →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuawan · this village | 673 | 49% | — |
| Gahauna · Barhampur | 3,176 | 64% | — |
| Umedpur · Barhampur | 2,407 | 55% | — |
| Kathia · Barhampur | 1,779 | 73% | — |
| Dubauli · Barhampur | 1,635 | 44% | — |
| Dhan Chhapra · Barhampur | 809 | 57% | — |
| Maharajganj · Barhampur | 437 | 51% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kuawan
- 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
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 5
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- Yes
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DUMRAON
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 45
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Gahauna
- Total area (ha)
- 170
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 120
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kuawan
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kuawan
- LGD code
- 248006
- Pincode
- 802112
- Post office
- Brahampur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 673
- Population (projected 2026)
- 793
- Households
- 118
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 854
- Literacy rate
- 49.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Patna Sahib
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Fatuha
- Member of Parliament
- Ravi Shankar Prasad
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rama Nand Yadav
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Sangita devi
- Block / Mandal
- Barhampur
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 802112
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Kuawan
Other villages in Barhampur mandal
View all 60+ →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, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)