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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Pachamba is a village in Dobhi mandal, Gaya district, Bihar, with 524 residents across 79 households. It has a literacy rate of 9.4%, PIN code 824220, and is situated at coordinates 24.508°N, 86.199°E.
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- LGD code
- 256402
- Pincode
- 824220
- Post office
- Dobhi
- Population
- 524
- Households
- 79
- Literacy rate
- 9.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1023 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 279
- Distance to district centre
- 122 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 138 km
- Distance to Patna
- 161 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 308 km
- Nearest railway station
- Duriatanr Halt · 15 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Sadar Hospital, Jamua · 16 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Pachamba compares
By population, Pachamba ranks #84 of 130 villages in Dobhi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
9.4%
−34.3% vs mandal average
- Pachamba
- 9.4%
- Dobhi mandal
- 43.7%
- Gaya district
- 52.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,023
+59 vs mandal average
- Pachamba
- 1,023
- Dobhi mandal
- 964
Household size
people per home
6.6
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Pachamba
- 6.6
- Dobhi mandal
- 6.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pachamba at a glance
Pachamba is a village of 524 people in 79 households (Census 2011) in Dobhi block, Gaya district, Bihar, the 84th-largest of 130 villages in Dobhi block. Literacy is 9%, 34 points below the block average of 44% and the sex ratio is 1,023 women per 1,000 men. It lies 122 km from the Gaya district centre, 21 km from Chakai, the nearest town, 15 km from Duriatanr Halt railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 824220, served by Dobhi post office; the LGD village code is 256402. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sadar Hospital, Jamua, 16 km away. The village votes in Mahnar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Umesh Singh Kushwaha. The population is estimated at 618 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Pachamba
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- SHERGHATI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 52
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 103
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 61
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Pachamba
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Pachamba
- LGD code
- 256402
- Pincode
- 824220
- Post office
- Dobhi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 524
- Population (projected 2026)
- 618
- Households
- 79
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1023
- Literacy rate
- 9.4%
- Coordinates
- 24.50846°N, 86.19864°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hajipur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mahnar
- Member of Parliament
- Chirag Paswan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Umesh Singh Kushwaha
- Block / Mandal
- Dobhi
Getting there
How to reach Pachamba
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna161 kmcapital
- Kolkata308 km
- Delhi1003 km
- Hyderabad1126 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDuriatanr Halt15 km
- Hospital / PHCSadar Hospital, Jamua16 km
- CollegeBajla Mahila College50 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-22
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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