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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Paharpur is a small village in Kadwa mandal, Katihar district, Bihar with a population of 202 across 40 households. It has a literacy rate of 32.2% and is situated at coordinates 24.877°N, 88.112°E.
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- LGD code
- 224459
- Pincode
- 854114
- Post office
- Pothia
- Population
- 202
- Households
- 40
- Literacy rate
- 32.2%
- Sex ratio
- 772 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 43
- Distance to district centre
- 144 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 114 km
- Distance to Patna
- 310 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 258 km
- Nearest railway station
- Jamirghata · 6 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Narayanpur Rural Hospital · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Paharpur compares
By population, Paharpur ranks #198 of 264 villages in Kadwa mandal.
Literacy rate
%
32.2%
−8.1% vs mandal average
- Paharpur
- 32.2%
- Kadwa mandal
- 40.3%
- Katihar district
- 41.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
772
−150 vs mandal average
- Paharpur
- 772
- Kadwa mandal
- 922
Household size
people per home
5.1
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Paharpur
- 5.1
- Kadwa mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Paharpur at a glance
Paharpur is a village of 202 people in 40 households (Census 2011) in Kadwa block, Katihar district, Bihar, the 198th-largest of 264 villages in Kadwa block. Literacy is 32%, 8 points below the block average of 40% and the sex ratio is 772 women per 1,000 men. It lies 144 km from the Katihar district centre, 0 km from Paharpur, the nearest town, 6 km from Jamirghata railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 854114, served by Pothia post office; the LGD village code is 224459. The nearest hospital or health centre is Narayanpur Rural Hospital, 4 km away. The village votes in Purnia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Vijay Kumar Khemka. The population is estimated at 2,314 in 2026, up 1046% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Paharpur
- 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
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KATIHAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 64
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 64
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BELON
- Total area (ha)
- 7.52
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 4.1
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Paharpur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Paharpur
- LGD code
- 224459
- Pincode
- 854114
- Post office
- Pothia
- Population (Census 2011)
- 202
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,314
- Households
- 40
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 772
- Literacy rate
- 32.2%
- Coordinates
- 24.87696°N, 88.11168°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 Paharpur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna310 kmcapital
- Kolkata258 km
- Delhi1159 km
- Hyderabad1299 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationJamirghata6 km
- Hospital / PHCNarayanpur Rural Hospital4 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil15 km
- CollegeD.N.C. College30 km
- Police stationKaliachak Police Station10 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Paharpur
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Ramkeli Madanmohan Jiu templeTemple2.2 km ↗
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-08
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)