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- LGD code
- 255154
- Pincode
- 824231
- Post office
- Bodhgaya
- Population
- 629
- Households
- 97
- Literacy rate
- 52.9%
- Sex ratio
- 850 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 253
Census 2011 · in context
How Mahapur compares
By population, Mahapur ranks #40 of 54 villages in Muhra mandal.
Literacy rate
%
52.9%
+3.9% vs mandal average
- Mahapur
- 52.9%
- Muhra mandal
- 49.0%
- Gaya district
- 52.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
850
−96 vs mandal average
- Mahapur
- 850
- Muhra mandal
- 946
Household size
people per home
6.5
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Mahapur
- 6.5
- Muhra mandal
- 6.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mahapur at a glance
Mahapur is a village of 629 people in 97 households (Census 2011) in Muhra block, Gaya district, Bihar, the 40th-largest of 54 villages in Muhra block. Literacy is 53%, 4 points above the block average of 49% and the sex ratio is 850 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 824231, served by Bodhgaya post office; the LGD village code is 255154. The village votes in Kurhani assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kedar Prasad Gupta. The population is estimated at 742 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Mahapur
- 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
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- 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
- GAYA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 44
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 44
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 14
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Sewtar
- Total area (ha)
- 87
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 42.1
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Mahapur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Mahapur
- LGD code
- 255154
- Pincode
- 824231
- Post office
- Bodhgaya
- Population (Census 2011)
- 629
- Population (projected 2026)
- 742
- Households
- 97
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 850
- Literacy rate
- 52.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Muzaffarpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kurhani
- Member of Parliament
- Raj Bhushan Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kedar Prasad Gupta
- Block / Mandal
- Muhra
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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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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