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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Dala is a village in Fatehpur mandal, Gaya district, Bihar, with a population of 655 across 115 households. The village has a literacy rate of 49.6% and is located at coordinates 25.981°N, 87.980°E with PIN code 824232.
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- LGD code
- 257003
- Pincode
- 824232
- Post office
- Fatehpur (Gaya)
- Population
- 655
- Households
- 115
- Literacy rate
- 49.6%
- Sex ratio
- 856 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 323
- Distance to district centre
- 207 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 216 km
- Distance to Patna
- 288 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 381 km
- Nearest railway station
- Hatwar · 11 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Chakulia Rural Hospital · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dala compares
By population, Dala ranks #116 of 174 villages in Fatehpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
49.6%
+2.7% vs mandal average
- Dala
- 49.6%
- Fatehpur mandal
- 46.9%
- Gaya district
- 52.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
856
−93 vs mandal average
- Dala
- 856
- Fatehpur mandal
- 949
Household size
people per home
5.7
−1.0 vs mandal average
- Dala
- 5.7
- Fatehpur mandal
- 6.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dala at a glance
Dala is a village of 655 people in 115 households (Census 2011) in Fatehpur block, Gaya district, Bihar, the 116th-largest of 174 villages in Fatehpur block. Literacy is 50%, 3 points above the block average of 47% and the sex ratio is 856 women per 1,000 men. It lies 207 km from the Gaya district centre, 8 km from Sirnia, the nearest town, 11 km from Hatwar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 824232, served by Fatehpur (Gaya) post office; the LGD village code is 257003. The nearest hospital or health centre is Chakulia Rural Hospital, 6 km away. The village votes in Bibhutipur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ajay Kumar. The population is estimated at 772 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dala
- 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)
- 5
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- 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
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- 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)
- 40
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Gopalkeda
- Total area (ha)
- 71
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 18
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dala
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dala
- LGD code
- 257003
- Pincode
- 824232
- Post office
- Fatehpur (Gaya)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 655
- Population (projected 2026)
- 772
- Households
- 115
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 856
- Literacy rate
- 49.6%
- Coordinates
- 25.98081°N, 87.97980°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ujiarpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bibhutipur
- Member of Parliament
- Nityanand Rai
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ajay Kumar
- Block / Mandal
- Fatehpur
- Nearest police station
- Police Station Dalsinghsarai (217.7 km)
- Nearest bank
- SBI Bank (217.7 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Sathajagat (215.8 km)
Getting there
How to reach Dala
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna288 kmcapital
- Kolkata381 km
- Delhi1103 km
- Hyderabad1368 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationHatwar11 km
- Hospital / PHCChakulia Rural Hospital6 km
- ATM / bankBank of India E Gallery36 km
- Petrol pumpReliance17 km
- Collegecollege ground14 km
- Police stationRailway Police Force RPF13 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, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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