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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
RP
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Ram pravesh singh
Contact: 99****7530
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- LGD code
- 254843
- Pincode
- 804403
- Post office
- Belaganj
- Population
- 3,174
- Households
- 518
- Literacy rate
- 49.6%
- Sex ratio
- 962 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,053
Census 2011 · in context
How Men compares
By population, Men ranks #20 of 118 villages in Belaganj mandal.
Literacy rate
%
49.6%
−2.6% vs mandal average
- Men
- 49.6%
- Belaganj mandal
- 52.2%
- Gaya district
- 52.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
962
+30 vs mandal average
- Men
- 962
- Belaganj mandal
- 932
Household size
people per home
6.1
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Men
- 6.1
- Belaganj mandal
- 6.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Men at a glance
Men is a village of 3,174 people in 518 households (Census 2011) in Belaganj block, Gaya district, Bihar, the 20th-largest of 118 villages in Belaganj block. Literacy is 50%, 3 points below the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 962 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 804403, served by Belaganj post office; the LGD village code is 254843. The sarpanch is Ram pravesh singh, and the village votes in Alamnagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Narendra Narayan Yadav. The population is estimated at 3,742 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Koriyawan →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men · this village | 3,174 | 50% | — |
| Koriyawan · Belaganj | 2,833 | 50% | — |
| Gangti · Belaganj | 1,379 | 60% | — |
| Panda Bigha · Belaganj | 1,366 | 52% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Men
- 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
- 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
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- GAYA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 35
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 35
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Koriyawa
- Total area (ha)
- 412
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 81
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Men
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Key facts — Men
- LGD code
- 254843
- Pincode
- 804403
- Post office
- Belaganj
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,174
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,742
- Households
- 518
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 962
- Literacy rate
- 49.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Madhepura
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Alamnagar
- Member of Parliament
- Dinesh Chandra Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Narendra Narayan Yadav
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Ram pravesh singh
- Block / Mandal
- Belaganj
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)