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Bihar urges Centre to raise paddy procurement target to 50 lakh MT
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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
shivprasad Yadav
Contact: 91****9644
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- LGD code
- 257271
- Pincode
- 824232
- Post office
- Fatehpur (Gaya)
- Population
- 1,326
- Households
- 184
- Literacy rate
- 25.3%
- Sex ratio
- 878 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 761
Census 2011 · in context
How Matgarha compares
By population, Matgarha ranks #46 of 231 villages in Mohanpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
25.3%
−20.4% vs mandal average
Matgarha25.3%
Mohanpur mandal45.7%
Gaya district52.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
878
−107 vs mandal average
Matgarha878
Mohanpur mandal985
Household size
people per home
7.2
+0.5 vs mandal average
Matgarha7.2
Mohanpur mandal6.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Matgarha at a glance
Matgarha is a village of 1,326 people in 184 households (Census 2011) in Mohanpur block, Gaya district, Bihar, the 46th-largest of 231 villages in Mohanpur block. Literacy is 25%, 20 points below the block average of 46% and the sex ratio is 878 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 824232, served by Fatehpur (Gaya) post office; the LGD village code is 257271. The sarpanch is shivprasad Yadav, and the village votes in Mokama assembly constituency, represented by MLA Anant Kumar Singh. The population is estimated at 1,563 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kewala →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matgarha · this village | 1,326 | 25% | — |
| Kewala · Mohanpur | 4,642 | 38% | — |
| Langura Kalan · Mohanpur | 1,189 | 33% | — |
| Khap · Mohanpur | 953 | 45% | — |
| Bhagwanpur · Mohanpur | 892 | 39% | — |
| Chitar Bisrawan · Mohanpur | 807 | 28% | — |
| Ghughuri · Mohanpur | 618 | 36% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Matgarha
- 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
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- BODHGAYA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 43
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 55
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 16
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Kewala
- Total area (ha)
- 1,070
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 1.3
- Forest area (ha)
- 903.2
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Matgarha
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Matgarha
- LGD code
- 257271
- Pincode
- 824232
- Post office
- Fatehpur (Gaya)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,326
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,563
- Households
- 184
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 878
- Literacy rate
- 25.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Munger
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mokama
- Member of Parliament
- Rajiv Ranjan Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Anant Kumar Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- shivprasad Yadav
- Block / Mandal
- Mohanpur
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 824232
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Other villages in Mohanpur mandal
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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)