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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Gorhiari is a village in Hanumannagar mandal, Darbhanga district, Bihar, with a population of 4,494 across 1,000 households. The village has a literacy rate of 42.4% and is located at coordinates 25.940°N, 86.732°E.
ID
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
INDU DEVI
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- LGD code
- 227547
- Pincode
- 846003
- Post office
- D.M.C.
- Population
- 4,494
- Households
- 1,000
- Literacy rate
- 42.4%
- Sex ratio
- 847 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,472
- Distance to district centre
- 55 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 59 km
- Distance to Patna
- 164 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 409 km
- Nearest railway station
- Methai · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Ghailarh · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Gorhiari compares
By population, Gorhiari ranks #9 of 85 villages in Hanumannagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
42.4%
−3.1% vs mandal average
Gorhiari42.4%
Hanumannagar mandal45.5%
Darbhanga district46.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
847
−36 vs mandal average
Gorhiari847
Hanumannagar mandal883
Household size
people per home
4.5
−0.1 vs mandal average
Gorhiari4.5
Hanumannagar mandal4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gorhiari at a glance
Gorhiari is a village of 4,494 people in 1,000 households (Census 2011) in Hanumannagar block, Darbhanga district, Bihar, the 9th-largest of 85 villages in Hanumannagar block. Literacy is 42%, 3 points below the block average of 46% and the sex ratio is 847 women per 1,000 men. It lies 55 km from the Darbhanga district centre, 3 km from Sahugarh, the nearest town, 4 km from Methai railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 846003, served by D.M.C. post office; the LGD village code is 227547. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Ghailarh, 6 km away. The sarpanch is INDU DEVI, and the village votes in Benipur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Binay Kumar Choudhary. The population is estimated at 5,298 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Gorhiari
- 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)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- DARBHANGA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 5
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 5
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Gorhiari
- Total area (ha)
- 294
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 186
- Forest area (ha)
- 16
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Gorhiari
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Gorhiari
- LGD code
- 227547
- Pincode
- 846003
- Post office
- D.M.C.
- Population (Census 2011)
- 4,494
- Population (projected 2026)
- 5,298
- Households
- 1,000
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 847
- Literacy rate
- 42.4%
- Coordinates
- 25.93979°N, 86.73202°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Darbhanga
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Benipur
- Member of Parliament
- Gopal Jee Thakur
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Binay Kumar Choudhary
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- INDU DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Hanumannagar
Getting there
How to reach Gorhiari
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna164 kmcapital
- Kolkata409 km
- Delhi987 km
- Hyderabad1276 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMethai4 km
- Bus stopBus Stand6 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Ghailarh6 km
- ATM / bankgramin bank3 km
- Petrol pumpPetrol Pump5 km
- CollegeMadhepura College6 km
- Police stationMadhepura Town Police Station6 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Gorhiari
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Hanuman MandirTemple3.7 km ↗
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 846003
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- ChandanpattiHayaghat mandal6,838 pop
- RupauliHanumannagar mandal5,809 pop
- BarhetaBahadurpur mandal5,169 pop
- OjhaulBahadurpur mandal4,862 pop
- NeamHanumannagar mandal4,762 pop
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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)