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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Majhok is a small village in Kadwa mandal, Katihar district, Bihar, with a population of 128 across 24 households. The village has a literacy rate of 33.6% and is identified by PIN code 855105.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MD SHAKEB AHMAD
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- LGD code
- 224487
- Pincode
- 855105
- Post office
- Durgaganj
- Population
- 128
- Households
- 24
- Literacy rate
- 33.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1207 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 26
- Distance to district centre
- 116 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 81 km
- Distance to Patna
- 299 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 399 km
- Nearest railway station
- Gaisal · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Lodhan Rural Hospital · 10 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Majhok compares
By population, Majhok ranks #208 of 264 villages in Kadwa mandal.
Literacy rate
%
33.6%
−6.7% vs mandal average
- Majhok
- 33.6%
- Kadwa mandal
- 40.3%
- Katihar district
- 41.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,207
+285 vs mandal average
- Majhok
- 1,207
- Kadwa mandal
- 922
Household size
people per home
5.3
+0.5 vs mandal average
- Majhok
- 5.3
- Kadwa mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Majhok at a glance
Majhok is a village of 128 people in 24 households (Census 2011) in Kadwa block, Katihar district, Bihar, the 208th-largest of 264 villages in Kadwa block. Literacy is 34%, 7 points below the block average of 40% and the sex ratio is 1,207 women per 1,000 men. It lies 116 km from the Katihar district centre, 5 km from Panjipara, the nearest town, 4 km from Gaisal railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 855105, served by Durgaganj post office; the LGD village code is 224487. The nearest hospital or health centre is Lodhan Rural Hospital, 10 km away. The sarpanch is MD SHAKEB AHMAD, and the village votes in Purnia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Vijay Kumar Khemka. The population is estimated at 6,073 in 2026, up 4645% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Majhok
- 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
- 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
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- KATIHAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 57
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 57
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 26
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- TAIYABPUR
- Total area (ha)
- 145
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 55.3
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Majhok
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Majhok
- LGD code
- 224487
- Pincode
- 855105
- Post office
- Durgaganj
- Population (Census 2011)
- 128
- Population (projected 2026)
- 6,073
- Households
- 24
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1207
- Literacy rate
- 33.6%
- Coordinates
- 26.15207°N, 88.06361°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Purnia
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Purnia
- Member of Parliament
- Pappu Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Vijay Kumar Khemka
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MD SHAKEB AHMAD
- Block / Mandal
- Kadwa
Getting there
How to reach Majhok
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna299 kmcapital
- Kolkata399 km
- Delhi1106 km
- Hyderabad1388 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGaisal4 km
- Bus stopNBSTC Bus Stop17 km
- Hospital / PHCLodhan Rural Hospital10 km
- ATM / bankBank of India E Gallery16 km
- Petrol pumpSihotia Service Station18 km
- Collegesecond building12 km
- Police stationRailway Police Force RPF13 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, 2026-05-14
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