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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
LALAN RAJAK
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- LGD code
- 248415
- Pincode
- 802122
- Post office
- Hitawarajpur
- Population
- 278
- Households
- 40
- Literacy rate
- 71.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1090 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 65
Census 2011 · in context
How Masarhia compares
By population, Masarhia ranks #149 of 236 villages in Rajpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
71.2%
+13.8% vs mandal average
- Masarhia
- 71.2%
- Rajpur mandal
- 57.4%
- Buxar district
- 58.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,090
+165 vs mandal average
- Masarhia
- 1,090
- Rajpur mandal
- 925
Household size
people per home
7.0
+0.5 vs mandal average
- Masarhia
- 7.0
- Rajpur mandal
- 6.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Masarhia at a glance
Masarhia is a village of 278 people in 40 households (Census 2011) in Rajpur block, Buxar district, Bihar, the 149th-largest of 236 villages in Rajpur block. Literacy is 71%, 14 points above the block average of 57% and the sex ratio is 1,090 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 802122, served by Hitawarajpur post office; the LGD village code is 248415. The sarpanch is LALAN RAJAK, and the village votes in Bachhwara assembly constituency, represented by MLA Surendra Mehta. The population is estimated at 328 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Masarhia
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 4
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BUXAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 20
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 4
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Barupur
- Total area (ha)
- 168
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 100
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Masarhia
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Masarhia
- LGD code
- 248415
- Pincode
- 802122
- Post office
- Hitawarajpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 278
- Population (projected 2026)
- 328
- Households
- 40
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1090
- Literacy rate
- 71.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Begusarai
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bachhwara
- Member of Parliament
- Giriraj Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Surendra Mehta
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- LALAN RAJAK
- Block / Mandal
- Rajpur
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- 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
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