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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
RP
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RAMBALI PASWAN
Contact: 75****0263
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- LGD code
- 256198
- Pincode
- 824221
- Post office
- Dumaria
- Population
- 1,549
- Households
- 251
- Literacy rate
- 49.5%
- Sex ratio
- 956 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 785
Census 2011 · in context
How Kusari compares
By population, Kusari ranks #28 of 124 villages in Dumaria mandal.
Literacy rate
%
49.5%
+4.1% vs mandal average
- Kusari
- 49.5%
- Dumaria mandal
- 45.4%
- Gaya district
- 52.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
956
+29 vs mandal average
- Kusari
- 956
- Dumaria mandal
- 927
Household size
people per home
6.2
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Kusari
- 6.2
- Dumaria mandal
- 6.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kusari at a glance
Kusari is a village of 1,549 people in 251 households (Census 2011) in Dumaria block, Gaya district, Bihar, the 28th-largest of 124 villages in Dumaria block. Literacy is 50%, 4 points above the block average of 45% and the sex ratio is 956 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 824221, served by Dumaria post office; the LGD village code is 256198. The sarpanch is RAMBALI PASWAN, and the village votes in Kalyanpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Maheshwar Hazari. The population is estimated at 1,826 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kusari · this village | 1,549 | 50% | — |
| Barwadih · Dumaria | 1,594 | 50% | — |
| Pakharpur · Dumaria | 1,485 | 61% | — |
| Tekra Kalan · Dumaria | 1,295 | 55% | — |
| Madarpur · Dumaria | 1,130 | 51% | — |
| Bodhi Bigha · Dumaria | 847 | 53% | — |
| Rabda · Dumaria | 546 | 47% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kusari
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SHERGHATI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 49
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 100
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 4
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Mahuri
- Total area (ha)
- 56
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 30.4
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kusari
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kusari
- LGD code
- 256198
- Pincode
- 824221
- Post office
- Dumaria
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,549
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,826
- Households
- 251
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 956
- Literacy rate
- 49.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Samastipur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kalyanpur
- Member of Parliament
- Shambhavi Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Maheshwar Hazari
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RAMBALI PASWAN
- Block / Mandal
- Dumaria
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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, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)