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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RUBI DEVI
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- LGD code
- 259071
- Pincode
- 811305
- Post office
- Gidhaur
- Population
- 911
- Households
- 163
- Literacy rate
- 49.8%
- Sex ratio
- 938 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 369
Census 2011 · in context
How Kharhua compares
By population, Kharhua ranks #18 of 20 villages in Gidhaur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
49.8%
−2.1% vs mandal average
- Kharhua
- 49.8%
- Gidhaur mandal
- 51.9%
- Jamui district
- 48.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
938
+33 vs mandal average
- Kharhua
- 938
- Gidhaur mandal
- 905
Household size
people per home
5.6
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Kharhua
- 5.6
- Gidhaur mandal
- 5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kharhua at a glance
Kharhua is a village of 911 people in 163 households (Census 2011) in Gidhaur block, Jamui district, Bihar, the 18th-largest of 20 villages in Gidhaur block. Literacy is 50%, 2 points below the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 938 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 811305, served by Gidhaur post office; the LGD village code is 259071. The sarpanch is RUBI DEVI, and the village votes in Sakra assembly constituency, represented by MLA Aditya Kumar. The population is estimated at 1,074 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kharhua
- 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)
- 3
- Power hours (winter)
- 5
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- JAMUI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 29
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 29
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 9
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Kolhua
- Total area (ha)
- 72
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 30
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kharhua
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kharhua
- LGD code
- 259071
- Pincode
- 811305
- Post office
- Gidhaur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 911
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,074
- Households
- 163
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 938
- Literacy rate
- 49.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Muzaffarpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sakra
- Member of Parliament
- Raj Bhushan Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Aditya Kumar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RUBI DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Gidhaur
- Nearest PHC
- Health Clinic (5.4 km)
- Nearest bank
- Paytm Payments Bank (5.3 km)
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-07
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)