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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
BK
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
BIPIN KUMAR SAH
Contact: 80****6659
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- LGD code
- 227521
- Pincode
- 846003
- Post office
- D.M.C.
- Population
- 4,762
- Households
- 1,011
- Literacy rate
- 34%
- Sex ratio
- 930 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,571
Census 2011 · in context
How Neam compares
By population, Neam ranks #6 of 85 villages in Hanumannagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
34.0%
−11.5% vs mandal average
- Neam
- 34.0%
- Hanumannagar mandal
- 45.5%
- Darbhanga district
- 46.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
930
+47 vs mandal average
- Neam
- 930
- Hanumannagar mandal
- 883
Household size
people per home
4.7
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Neam
- 4.7
- Hanumannagar mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Neam at a glance
Neam is a village of 4,762 people in 1,011 households (Census 2011) in Hanumannagar block, Darbhanga district, Bihar, the 6th-largest of 85 villages in Hanumannagar block. Literacy is 34%, 12 points below the block average of 46% and the sex ratio is 930 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 846003, served by D.M.C. post office; the LGD village code is 227521. The sarpanch is BIPIN KUMAR SAH, and the village votes in Benipur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Binay Kumar Choudhary. The population is estimated at 5,614 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Neyam Chhatouna →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neam · this village | 4,762 | 34% | — |
| Bhawanipur · Hanumannagar | 3,477 | 43% | — |
| Chhatauna · Hanumannagar | 2,116 | 43% | — |
| Uchauli · Hanumannagar | 1,699 | 52% | — |
| Kolwara · Hanumannagar | 0 | — | — |
| Madanpur Gorhiari · Hanumannagar | 0 | — | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Neam
- 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)
- 9
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- Primary school
- 2
- 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
- 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)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 20
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 2
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Dih lahi, Neam Chhatauna
- Total area (ha)
- 341
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 120.05
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Neam
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Neam
- LGD code
- 227521
- Pincode
- 846003
- Post office
- D.M.C.
- Population (Census 2011)
- 4,762
- Population (projected 2026)
- 5,614
- Households
- 1,011
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 930
- Literacy rate
- 34.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Darbhanga
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Benipur
- Member of Parliament
- Gopal Jee Thakur
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Binay Kumar Choudhary
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- BIPIN KUMAR SAH
- Block / Mandal
- Hanumannagar
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 846003
- Dih LahiHanumannagar mandal12,136 pop
- Malahipatti BahadurpurHayaghat mandal11,093 pop
- PanchobhHanumannagar mandal8,865 pop
- Tara LahiBahadurpur mandal8,804 pop
- ChandanpattiHayaghat mandal6,838 pop
- RupauliHanumannagar mandal5,809 pop
- BarhetaBahadurpur mandal5,169 pop
- OjhaulBahadurpur mandal4,862 pop
- PatoriHanumannagar mandal4,691 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Neam
Other villages in Hanumannagar mandal
View all 60+ →- Dih Lahi
- Panchobh
- Thalwara
- Rupauli
- Araila
- Patori
- Banswara
- Gorhiari
- Narsara
- Basant
- Baghela
- Gorhaila
- Ratanpura
- Rampur Dih
- Bhawanipur
- Moro
- Phulwaria
- Godaipatti
- Kolhatta
- Mahamadpur Sinduar
- Ratanpura
- Ughra
- Bishunpur
- Husenabad
- Hasanpur
- Chhatauna
- Bishunpur
- Tisi Dih
- Jamalpur Urf Santpur
- Mustafapur
- Bisaul
- Kali
- Barhmotara
- Gorwara
- Uchauli
- Bihari Makund
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)