Murtazapur is a village in Azamnagar mandal, Katihar district, Bihar. It has a population of 557 across 129 households with a literacy rate of 42.2%. The village is located at coordinates 25.493°N, 87.824°E.
By population, Murtazapur ranks #147 of 234 villages in Azamnagar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Murtazapur is a village of 557 people in 129 households (Census 2011) in Azamnagar block, Katihar district, Bihar, the 147th-largest of 234 villages in Azamnagar block. Literacy is 42%, 4 points above the block average of 38% and the sex ratio is 1,048 women per 1,000 men. It lies 85 km from the Katihar district centre, 10 km from Uttar Harishchandrapur, the nearest town, under 1 km from Khurial railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 855113, served by Salmari post office; the LGD village code is 225244. The nearest hospital or health centre is Harishchandrapur Rural Hospital, 11 km away. The sarpanch is Arjun Prasad Mandal, and the village votes in Katihar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Tarkishore Prasad. The population is estimated at 657 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murtazapur · this village | 557 | 42% | — |
| Murtazapur · Samastipur | — | — | 0 km N |
| Murtazapur · Itarhi | 0 | — | 0 km N |
| Murtazapur · Samastipur | 386 | 51% | 0 km N |
| Banwari · Bihpur | — | — | 0.9 km N |
| Aliharpur · Azamnagar | 6 | 67% | 1.4 km S |
| Paikbahan · Azamnagar | 1,629 | 33% | 1.6 km SW |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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