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- LGD code
- 256655
- Pincode
- 824232
- Post office
- Fatehpur (Gaya)
- Population
- 1,230
- Households
- 207
- Literacy rate
- 45%
- Sex ratio
- 1026 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 242
Census 2011 · in context
How Maher compares
By population, Maher ranks #32 of 103 villages in Tan Kuppa mandal.
Literacy rate
%
45.0%
−1.0% vs mandal average
- Maher
- 45.0%
- Tan Kuppa mandal
- 46.0%
- Gaya district
- 52.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,026
+79 vs mandal average
- Maher
- 1,026
- Tan Kuppa mandal
- 947
Household size
people per home
5.9
−0.6 vs mandal average
- Maher
- 5.9
- Tan Kuppa mandal
- 6.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Maher at a glance
Maher is a village of 1,230 people in 207 households (Census 2011) in Tan Kuppa block, Gaya district, Bihar, the 32nd-largest of 103 villages in Tan Kuppa block. Literacy is 45%, 1 points below the block average of 46% and the sex ratio is 1,026 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 824232, served by Fatehpur (Gaya) post office; the LGD village code is 256655. The village votes in Lakhisarai assembly constituency, represented by MLA Vijay Kumar Sinha. The population is estimated at 1,450 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Aropur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maher · this village | 1,230 | 45% | — |
| Aropur · Tan Kuppa | 2,809 | 39% | — |
| Nawagarh · Tan Kuppa | 1,551 | 49% | — |
| Andhu Somani · Tan Kuppa | 1,354 | 38% | — |
| Khalari · Tan Kuppa | 1,103 | 36% | — |
| Mahamadpur · Tan Kuppa | 804 | 30% | — |
| Baja Bigha · Tan Kuppa | 597 | 53% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Maher
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- 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
- 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
- GAYA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 22
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 22
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 6
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Aropur
- Total area (ha)
- 219
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 70
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Maher
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Maher
- LGD code
- 256655
- Pincode
- 824232
- Post office
- Fatehpur (Gaya)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,230
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,450
- Households
- 207
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1026
- Literacy rate
- 45.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Munger
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Lakhisarai
- Member of Parliament
- Rajiv Ranjan Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Vijay Kumar Sinha
- Block / Mandal
- Tan Kuppa
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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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)