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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Athar is a village in Baheri mandal, Darbhanga district, Bihar. With a population of 24,339 across 4,855 households, it is the largest settlement in this group. The village has a literacy rate of 39.8% and is located at coordinates 25.696°N, 86.279°E with PIN code 847201.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
VEENA DEVI
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- LGD code
- 227598
- Pincode
- 847201
- Post office
- Bahera
- Population
- 24,339
- Households
- 4,855
- Literacy rate
- 39.8%
- Sex ratio
- 895 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 8,250
- Distance to district centre
- 28 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Patna
- 115 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 407 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bithan · <1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL BITHAN · 1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Athar compares
By population, Athar ranks #2 of 80 villages in Baheri mandal.
Literacy rate
%
39.8%
−6.3% vs mandal average
Athar39.8%
Baheri mandal46.1%
Darbhanga district46.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
895
−4 vs mandal average
Athar895
Baheri mandal899
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.1 vs mandal average
Athar5.0
Baheri mandal4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Athar at a glance
Athar is a village of 24,339 people in 4,855 households (Census 2011) in Baheri block, Darbhanga district, Bihar, the 2nd-largest of 80 villages in Baheri block. Literacy is 40%, 6 points below the block average of 46% and the sex ratio is 895 women per 1,000 men. It lies 28 km from the Darbhanga district centre, 0 km from Bithan, the nearest town, under 1 km from Bithan railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 847201, served by Bahera post office; the LGD village code is 227598. The nearest hospital or health centre is GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL BITHAN, 1 km away. The sarpanch is VEENA DEVI, and the village votes in Hasanpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Raj Kumar Ray. The population is estimated at 28,696 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Athar
- 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)
- 7
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 6
- Middle school
- 3
- 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
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- 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
- DARBHANGA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 25
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Athar
- Total area (ha)
- 1,970
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 800
- Forest area (ha)
- 198
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Athar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Athar
- LGD code
- 227598
- Pincode
- 847201
- Post office
- Bahera
- Population (Census 2011)
- 24,339
- Population (projected 2026)
- 28,696
- Households
- 4,855
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 895
- Literacy rate
- 39.8%
- Coordinates
- 25.69583°N, 86.27872°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khagaria
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Hasanpur
- Member of Parliament
- Rajesh Verma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Raj Kumar Ray
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- VEENA DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Baheri
Getting there
How to reach Athar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna115 kmcapital
- Kolkata407 km
- Delhi954 km
- Hyderabad1225 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBithan<1 km
- Hospital / PHCGOVERNMENT HOSPITAL BITHAN1 km
- ATM / bankSBI34 km
- Petrol pumpLPG gas station27 km
- CollegeG.D College35 km
- Police stationBachhawara41 km
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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
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