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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
MK
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MANOJ KUMAR
Contact: 74****8526
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- LGD code
- 248080
- Pincode
- 802115
- Post office
- Chaugai
- Population
- 2,679
- Households
- 408
- Literacy rate
- 61%
- Sex ratio
- 1030 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,531
Census 2011 · in context
How Masahariya compares
By population, Masahariya ranks #7 of 23 villages in Chaugain mandal.
Literacy rate
%
61.0%
+3.8% vs mandal average
- Masahariya
- 61.0%
- Chaugain mandal
- 57.2%
- Buxar district
- 58.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,030
+82 vs mandal average
- Masahariya
- 1,030
- Chaugain mandal
- 948
Household size
people per home
6.6
+0.5 vs mandal average
- Masahariya
- 6.6
- Chaugain mandal
- 6.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Masahariya at a glance
Masahariya is a village of 2,679 people in 408 households (Census 2011) in Chaugain block, Buxar district, Bihar, the 7th-largest of 23 villages in Chaugain block. Literacy is 61%, 4 points above the block average of 57% and the sex ratio is 1,030 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 802115, served by Chaugai post office; the LGD village code is 248080. The sarpanch is MANOJ KUMAR, and the village votes in Brahampur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shambhu Nath Yadav. The population is estimated at 3,159 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Masahariya →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Masahariya · this village | 2,679 | 61% | — |
| Ojhabarawan · Chaugain | 3,821 | 56% | — |
| Phaphdar · Chaugain | 1,662 | 60% | — |
| Parasiya · Chaugain | 0 | — | — |
| Samusar · Chaugain | 0 | — | — |
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- Pincode
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Masahariya
- 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
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 4
- Power hours (winter)
- 4
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DUMRAON
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 35
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 1
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Masarhiya
- Total area (ha)
- 497.8
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 445.2
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Masahariya
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Masahariya
- LGD code
- 248080
- Pincode
- 802115
- Post office
- Chaugai
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,679
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,159
- Households
- 408
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1030
- Literacy rate
- 61.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Buxar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Brahampur
- Member of Parliament
- Sudhakar Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Shambhu Nath Yadav
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MANOJ KUMAR
- Block / Mandal
- Chaugain
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 802115
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Masahariya
Other villages in Chaugain mandal
View all 22 →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- 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)