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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Pandaul is a village in Balrampur mandal, Katihar district, Bihar, with a population of 1,095 across 190 households and a literacy rate of 19.8%. The village has railway access, a hospital, and a primary health centre, located at 26.252°N, 86.074°E with postal code 854317.
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- LGD code
- 224738
- Pincode
- 854317
- Post office
- Barsoighat
- Population
- 1,095
- Households
- 190
- Literacy rate
- 19.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1090 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 256
- Distance to district centre
- 112 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 148 km
- Distance to Patna
- 119 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 470 km
- Nearest railway station
- Pandaul · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Bharti Hospital · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Pandaul compares
By population, Pandaul ranks #53 of 156 villages in Balrampur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
19.8%
−17.4% vs mandal average
- Pandaul
- 19.8%
- Balrampur mandal
- 37.2%
- Katihar district
- 41.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,090
+156 vs mandal average
- Pandaul
- 1,090
- Balrampur mandal
- 934
Household size
people per home
5.8
+0.9 vs mandal average
- Pandaul
- 5.8
- Balrampur mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pandaul at a glance
Pandaul is a village of 1,095 people in 190 households (Census 2011) in Balrampur block, Katihar district, Bihar, the 53rd-largest of 156 villages in Balrampur block. Literacy is 20%, 17 points below the block average of 37% and the sex ratio is 1,090 women per 1,000 men. It lies 112 km from the Katihar district centre, 0 km from Pandaul, the nearest town, 2 km from Pandaul railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 854317, served by Barsoighat post office; the LGD village code is 224738. The nearest hospital or health centre is Bharti Hospital, 3 km away. The village votes in Dhamdaha assembly constituency, represented by MLA Leshi Singh. The population is estimated at 1,291 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Pandaul
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- 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
- No
- 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
- DALKHOLA(W.B.)
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 8
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 89
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 25
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SHARIF NAGAR
- Total area (ha)
- 80.16
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 35
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Pandaul
- LGD code
- 224738
- Pincode
- 854317
- Post office
- Barsoighat
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,095
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,291
- Households
- 190
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1090
- Literacy rate
- 19.8%
- Coordinates
- 26.25238°N, 86.07362°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Purnia
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhamdaha
- Member of Parliament
- Pappu Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Leshi Singh
- Block / Mandal
- Balrampur
- Nearest PHC
- Dr. Naween Kumar (4.6 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Ugna (2.7 km)
Getting there
How to reach Pandaul
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna119 kmcapital
- Kolkata470 km
- Delhi913 km
- Hyderabad1258 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPandaul2 km
- Bus stopRahika15 km
- Hospital / PHCBharti Hospital3 km
- ATM / bankIndia18 km
- Petrol pumpPetrol Pump10 km
- Collegeपूर्णिमा राम प्रताप संस्कृत महाविद्यालय18 km
- Police stationAdarsh Police Station4 km
Nearest to the village
- Railway station
- Ugna2.7 km
- Health centre
- Bharti Hospital2.6 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
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