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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
DHANRAJ KUMAR YADAV
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- LGD code
- 259059
- Pincode
- 811305
- Post office
- Gidhaur
- Population
- 7,163
- Households
- 1,456
- Literacy rate
- 45%
- Sex ratio
- 909 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 3,114
Census 2011 · in context
How Maura compares
By population, Maura ranks #6 of 20 villages in Gidhaur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
45.0%
−6.9% vs mandal average
- Maura
- 45.0%
- Gidhaur mandal
- 51.9%
- Jamui district
- 48.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
909
+4 vs mandal average
- Maura
- 909
- Gidhaur mandal
- 905
Household size
people per home
4.9
−0.6 vs mandal average
- Maura
- 4.9
- Gidhaur mandal
- 5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Maura at a glance
Maura is a village of 7,163 people in 1,456 households (Census 2011) in Gidhaur block, Jamui district, Bihar, the 6th-largest of 20 villages in Gidhaur block. Literacy is 45%, 7 points below the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 909 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 811305, served by Gidhaur post office; the LGD village code is 259059. The sarpanch is DHANRAJ KUMAR YADAV, and the village votes in Sakra assembly constituency, represented by MLA Aditya Kumar. The population is estimated at 8,445 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Maura
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 3
- Power hours (winter)
- 5
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 2
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- JAMUI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 24
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 24
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 4
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Maura
- Total area (ha)
- 760
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 100
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Maura
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Maura
- LGD code
- 259059
- Pincode
- 811305
- Post office
- Gidhaur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 7,163
- Population (projected 2026)
- 8,445
- Households
- 1,456
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 909
- Literacy rate
- 45.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Muzaffarpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sakra
- Member of Parliament
- Raj Bhushan Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Aditya Kumar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- DHANRAJ KUMAR YADAV
- Block / Mandal
- Gidhaur
- Nearest PHC
- Health Clinic (5.4 km)
- Nearest bank
- Paytm Payments Bank (5.3 km)
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Other villages in Gidhaur mandal
View all 19 →Sources & freshness
- 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)