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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Mathia is a small village in Bijaipur mandal, Gopalganj district, Bihar, with a population of 137 across 28 households. The village has a literacy rate of 65.7% and is located at coordinates 27.108°N, 84.464°E.
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- LGD code
- 229894
- Pincode
- 841508
- Post office
- Bijaipur (Gopalganj)
- Population
- 137
- Households
- 28
- Literacy rate
- 65.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1283 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 48
- Distance to district centre
- 131 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 123 km
- Distance to Patna
- 181 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 640 km
- Nearest railway station
- Narkatyaganj · <1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Sub-Divisional Hospital, Narkatiyaganj · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Mathia compares
By population, Mathia ranks #112 of 143 villages in Bijaipur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
65.7%
+12.2% vs mandal average
Mathia65.7%
Bijaipur mandal53.5%
Gopalganj district54.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,283
+199 vs mandal average
Mathia1,283
Bijaipur mandal1,084
Household size
people per home
4.9
−1.4 vs mandal average
Mathia4.9
Bijaipur mandal6.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mathia at a glance
Mathia is a village of 137 people in 28 households (Census 2011) in Bijaipur block, Gopalganj district, Bihar, the 112th-largest of 143 villages in Bijaipur block. Literacy is 66%, 12 points above the block average of 54% and the sex ratio is 1,283 women per 1,000 men. It lies 131 km from the Gopalganj district centre, 0 km from Pakri, the nearest town, under 1 km from Narkatyaganj railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 841508, served by Bijaipur (Gopalganj) post office; the LGD village code is 229894. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sub-Divisional Hospital, Narkatiyaganj, <1 km away. The village votes in Minapur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ajay Kumar. The population is estimated at 162 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Mathia
- 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
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- 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
- KATIA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 26
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 65
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- PAGRA
- Total area (ha)
- 15
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 13.01
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Mathia
- LGD code
- 229894
- Pincode
- 841508
- Post office
- Bijaipur (Gopalganj)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 137
- Population (projected 2026)
- 162
- Households
- 28
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1283
- Literacy rate
- 65.7%
- Coordinates
- 27.10800°N, 84.46400°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Vaishali
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Minapur
- Member of Parliament
- Veena Devi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ajay Kumar
- Block / Mandal
- Bijaipur
Getting there
How to reach Mathia
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna181 kmcapital
- Kolkata640 km
- Delhi732 km
- Hyderabad1243 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationNarkatyaganj<1 km
- Hospital / PHCSub-Divisional Hospital, Narkatiyaganj<1 km
- ATM / bankparas pakdi32 km
- Petrol pumpM/S USHA AUTOMOBILES23 km
- Police stationBettiah Main Police Station35 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Mathia
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Birla MandirTemple<1 km ↗
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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