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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Mallickpur is a village in Balrampur mandal, Katihar district, Bihar, with a population of 2,237 across 450 households. The literacy rate is 33.5%, and the village is located at coordinates 25.814°N, 88.094°E with postal code 854317.
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- LGD code
- 224725
- Pincode
- 854317
- Post office
- Barsoighat
- Population
- 2,237
- Households
- 450
- Literacy rate
- 33.5%
- Sex ratio
- 945 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 604
- Distance to district centre
- 109 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 66 km
- Distance to Patna
- 297 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 361 km
- Nearest railway station
- Jhitkia · 21 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Hemtabad Rural Hospital · 19 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Mallickpur compares
By population, Mallickpur ranks #19 of 156 villages in Balrampur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
33.5%
−3.7% vs mandal average
- Mallickpur
- 33.5%
- Balrampur mandal
- 37.2%
- Katihar district
- 41.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
945
+11 vs mandal average
- Mallickpur
- 945
- Balrampur mandal
- 934
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Mallickpur
- 5.0
- Balrampur mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mallickpur at a glance
Mallickpur is a village of 2,237 people in 450 households (Census 2011) in Balrampur block, Katihar district, Bihar, the 19th-largest of 156 villages in Balrampur block. Literacy is 34%, 4 points below the block average of 37% and the sex ratio is 945 women per 1,000 men. It lies 109 km from the Katihar district centre, 9 km from Raghopur, the nearest town, 21 km from Jhitkia railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 854317, served by Barsoighat post office; the LGD village code is 224725. The nearest hospital or health centre is Hemtabad Rural Hospital, 19 km away. The village votes in Dhamdaha assembly constituency, represented by MLA Leshi Singh.
Gram panchayat: Lohagara →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mallickpur · this village | 2,237 | 34% | — |
| Badkol · Raiganj | 104 | 57% | 1.4 km NW |
| Maladkhanda · Raiganj | 1,996 | 47% | 1.8 km SE |
| Kharibadkol · Raiganj | 34 | 12% | 1.8 km NW |
| Daluakhari · Karandighi | 836 | 33% | 2 km NW |
| Sarua · Raiganj | 470 | 33% | 2.5 km SW |
| Dhauta · Karandighi | 2,579 | 46% | 2.9 km NW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Mallickpur
- 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
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 5
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- 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
- 1
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- DALKHOLA(W.B.)
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 3
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 69
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- LOHAGARA
- Total area (ha)
- 202.03
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 159.65
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Mallickpur
- LGD code
- 224725
- Pincode
- 854317
- Post office
- Barsoighat
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,237
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,268
- Households
- 450
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 945
- Literacy rate
- 33.5%
- Coordinates
- 25.81375°N, 88.09438°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Purnia
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhamdaha
- Member of Parliament
- Pappu Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Leshi Singh
- Block / Mandal
- Balrampur
Getting there
How to reach Mallickpur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna297 kmcapital
- Kolkata361 km
- Delhi1120 km
- Hyderabad1365 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationJhitkia21 km
- Bus stopBotolbari13 km
- Hospital / PHCHemtabad Rural Hospital19 km
- ATM / bankহেমতাবাদ18 km
- Petrol pumpReliance17 km
- CollegeKaliyaganj Sarala Sundari School30 km
- Police stationRailway Police Force RPF35 km
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)