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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Tikuli is a village in Belaganj mandal, Gaya district, Bihar, with a population of 1,500 spread across 261 households. It has a literacy rate of 51.3% and is located at 24.621°N, 85.901°E with PIN code 804403.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
mumtaz begam
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- LGD code
- 254860
- Pincode
- 804403
- Post office
- Belaganj
- Population
- 1,500
- Households
- 261
- Literacy rate
- 51.3%
- Sex ratio
- 953 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 742
- Distance to district centre
- 107 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 162 km
- Distance to Patna
- 133 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 339 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dhanwar · 23 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. A.N.Ram General Hospital · 18 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Tikuli compares
By population, Tikuli ranks #46 of 118 villages in Belaganj mandal.
Literacy rate
%
51.3%
−0.9% vs mandal average
- Tikuli
- 51.3%
- Belaganj mandal
- 52.2%
- Gaya district
- 52.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
953
+21 vs mandal average
- Tikuli
- 953
- Belaganj mandal
- 932
Household size
people per home
5.7
−0.8 vs mandal average
- Tikuli
- 5.7
- Belaganj mandal
- 6.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Tikuli at a glance
Tikuli is a village of 1,500 people in 261 households (Census 2011) in Belaganj block, Gaya district, Bihar, the 46th-largest of 118 villages in Belaganj block. Literacy is 51%, about the same as the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 953 women per 1,000 men. It lies 107 km from the Gaya district centre, 10 km from Jamua, the nearest town, 23 km from Dhanwar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 804403, served by Belaganj post office; the LGD village code is 254860. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. A.N.Ram General Hospital, 18 km away. The sarpanch is mumtaz begam, and the village votes in Alamnagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Narendra Narayan Yadav. The population is estimated at 1,769 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Tikuli
- 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)
- 4
- 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
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- GAYA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 20
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Lakshmipur
- Total area (ha)
- 73
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 20
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Tikuli
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Tikuli
- LGD code
- 254860
- Pincode
- 804403
- Post office
- Belaganj
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,500
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,769
- Households
- 261
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 953
- Literacy rate
- 51.3%
- Coordinates
- 24.62062°N, 85.90139°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Madhepura
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Alamnagar
- Member of Parliament
- Dinesh Chandra Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Narendra Narayan Yadav
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- mumtaz begam
- Block / Mandal
- Belaganj
Getting there
How to reach Tikuli
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna133 kmcapital
- Kolkata339 km
- Delhi971 km
- Hyderabad1113 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDhanwar23 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. A.N.Ram General Hospital18 km
- Petrol pumpHP36 km
- CollegeGovernment Engineering College, Sheikhpura58 km
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- 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, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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