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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Koila is a village in Gogri mandal, Khagaria district, Bihar, with a population of 8,350 across 1,678 households and a literacy rate of 42.6%. Located at 25.065°N, 87.218°E with postal code 851203, the village is one of the larger settlements in the mandal.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MINU KUMARI
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- LGD code
- 238767
- Pincode
- 851203
- Post office
- Jamalpur Gogri
- Population
- 8,350
- Households
- 1,678
- Literacy rate
- 42.6%
- Sex ratio
- 877 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 3,277
- Distance to district centre
- 138 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 164 km
- Distance to Patna
- 217 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 301 km
- Nearest railway station
- Ghogha · 17 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Primary Health Centre, Hanwara · 2 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Koila compares
By population, Koila ranks #11 of 67 villages in Gogri mandal.
Literacy rate
%
42.6%
−8.2% vs mandal average
- Koila
- 42.6%
- Gogri mandal
- 50.8%
- Khagaria district
- 46.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
877
+3 vs mandal average
- Koila
- 877
- Gogri mandal
- 874
Household size
people per home
5.0
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Koila
- 5.0
- Gogri mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Koila at a glance
Koila is a village of 8,350 people in 1,678 households (Census 2011) in Gogri block, Khagaria district, Bihar, the 11th-largest of 67 villages in Gogri block. Literacy is 43%, 8 points below the block average of 51% and the sex ratio is 877 women per 1,000 men. It lies 138 km from the Khagaria district centre, 7 km from Milki, the nearest town, 17 km from Ghogha railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 851203, served by Jamalpur Gogri post office; the LGD village code is 238767. The nearest hospital or health centre is Primary Health Centre, Hanwara, 2 km away. The sarpanch is MINU KUMARI, and the village votes in Mohiuddinnagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rajesh Kumar Singh. The population is estimated at 9,845 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Koila
- 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
- 3
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- GOGARI JAMALPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 35
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 50
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 35
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Koyla
- Total area (ha)
- 586
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 72.85
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Koila
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Koila
- LGD code
- 238767
- Pincode
- 851203
- Post office
- Jamalpur Gogri
- Population (Census 2011)
- 8,350
- Population (projected 2026)
- 9,845
- Households
- 1,678
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 877
- Literacy rate
- 42.6%
- Coordinates
- 25.06495°N, 87.21776°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ujiarpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mohiuddinnagar
- Member of Parliament
- Nityanand Rai
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rajesh Kumar Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MINU KUMARI
- Block / Mandal
- Gogri
Getting there
How to reach Koila
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna217 kmcapital
- Kolkata301 km
- Delhi1068 km
- Hyderabad1243 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGhogha17 km
- Hospital / PHCPrimary Health Centre, Hanwara2 km
- ATM / bankCanara Bank, Hussainabad31 km
- CollegeBCE Bhagalpur27 km
- Police stationBabarganj Police Station30 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-10
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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