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Malikpur

मालिकपुर
Kadwa mandal
Pincode 855105
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Malikpur is a village in Kadwa mandal, Katihar district, Bihar, with 1,162 residents across 226 households. The village has a literacy rate of 46.5% and falls under PIN code 855105.

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LGD code
224549
Pincode
855105
Post office
Durgaganj
Population
1,162
Households
226
Literacy rate
46.5%
Sex ratio
883 ♀/1000♂
Workers
541
Distance to district centre
90 km
Distance to mandal centre
49 km
Distance to Patna
277 km
Distance to Kolkata
336 km
Nearest railway station
Bhawanipur Bihar · 4 km
Nearest hospital / PHC
Barsoi SDH · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context

How Malikpur compares

By population, Malikpur ranks #100 of 264 villages in Kadwa mandal.

Literacy rate
%
46.5%
+6.2% vs mandal average
Malikpur
46.5%
Kadwa mandal
40.3%
Katihar district
41.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
883
−39 vs mandal average
Malikpur
883
Kadwa mandal
922
Household size
people per home
5.1
+0.3 vs mandal average
Malikpur
5.1
Kadwa mandal
4.8

Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).

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Malikpur at a glance

Malikpur is a village of 1,162 people in 226 households (Census 2011) in Kadwa block, Katihar district, Bihar, the 100th-largest of 264 villages in Kadwa block. Literacy is 47%, 6 points above the block average of 40% and the sex ratio is 883 women per 1,000 men. It lies 90 km from the Katihar district centre, 6 km from Kusaha, the nearest town, 4 km from Bhawanipur Bihar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 855105, served by Durgaganj post office; the LGD village code is 224549. The nearest hospital or health centre is Barsoi SDH, 7 km away. The village votes in Purnia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Vijay Kumar Khemka. The population is estimated at 1,370 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.

Gram panchayat: Beni Jalalpur

Nearby villages compared

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villagePopulationLiteracyDistance
Malikpur · this village1,16247%
Malikpur · Wazirganj1,17045%0 km N
Malikpur · Islamnagar Aliganj34564%0 km N
Malikpur · Jale5,07833%0 km N
Malikpur · Karai Parsurai82342%0 km N
Malikpur · Kadwa25230%0 km N
Malikpur · Silao1,54460%0 km N

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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Malikpur

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
1
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
No
ASHA worker
Yes
Fair-price shop
No
Mandi / regular market
No
Weekly haat
No
Nearest statutory town
KATIHAR
Distance to nearest town (km)
34
Distance to district HQ (km)
34
Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
13
All-weather road
No
Gram panchayat (2011)
CHOUNI
Total area (ha)
193
Irrigated area (ha)
70
Forest area (ha)
0

Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.

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Key facts — Malikpur

LGD code
224549
Pincode
855105
Post office
Durgaganj
Population (Census 2011)
1,162
Population (projected 2026)
1,370
Households
226
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
883
Literacy rate
46.5%
Coordinates
25.56877°N, 87.90101°E
Lok Sabha constituency
Purnia
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Purnia
Member of Parliament
Pappu Yadav
Member of Legislative Assembly
Vijay Kumar Khemka
Block / Mandal
Kadwa
Getting there

How to reach Malikpur

Mandal centre
Kadwa · ≈ 49 km
≈ 1 h 40 min by car · 1 h 59 min by bike
Directions
District centre
Katihar · ≈ 90 km
≈ 3 h 5 min by car · 3 h 40 min by bike
Directions
Nearest town · 13,875 people
Kusaha · ≈ 5.6 km
≈ 12 min by car · 14 min by bike
Directions
Distance to cities · straight line
  • Patna277 kmcapital
  • Kolkata336 km
  • Delhi1111 km
  • Hyderabad1332 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
  • Railway stationBhawanipur Bihar4 km
  • Bus stopBotolbari20 km
  • Hospital / PHCBarsoi SDH7 km
  • ATM / banksbi24 km
  • Petrol pumpReliance29 km
  • CollegeD S College32 km
  • Police stationPolice station34 km
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  • Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
  • Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
  • Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
  • Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
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