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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Panasi is a village in Pothia mandal, Kishanganj district, Bihar, with a population of 1,069 across 240 households. It has a literacy rate of 41.5%. The village is located at coordinates 26.231°N, 88.130°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
NAWAID ALAM
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- LGD code
- 222576
- Pincode
- 855117
- Post office
- Taiyabpur
- Population
- 1,069
- Households
- 240
- Literacy rate
- 41.5%
- Sex ratio
- 983 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 701
- Distance to district centre
- 59 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 88 km
- Distance to Patna
- 308 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 407 km
- Nearest railway station
- Gunjaria · 1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- R. B. Nursing Home and Diagnostic Centre · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Panasi compares
By population, Panasi ranks #82 of 149 villages in Pothia mandal.
Literacy rate
%
41.5%
+0.7% vs mandal average
Panasi41.5%
Pothia mandal40.8%
Kishanganj district44.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
983
+50 vs mandal average
Panasi983
Pothia mandal933
Household size
people per home
4.5
−0.5 vs mandal average
Panasi4.5
Pothia mandal5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Panasi at a glance
Panasi is a village of 1,069 people in 240 households (Census 2011) in Pothia block, Kishanganj district, Bihar, the 82nd-largest of 149 villages in Pothia block. Literacy is 42%, about the same as the block average of 41% and the sex ratio is 983 women per 1,000 men. It lies 59 km from the Kishanganj district centre, 9 km from Gunabari, the nearest town, 1 km from Gunjaria railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 855117, served by Taiyabpur post office; the LGD village code is 222576. The nearest hospital or health centre is R. B. Nursing Home and Diagnostic Centre, 5 km away. The sarpanch is NAWAID ALAM, and the village votes in Dhamdaha assembly constituency, represented by MLA Leshi Singh. The population is estimated at 1,260 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Panasi
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 0
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- 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
- No
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- THAKURGANJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 35
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- TIPIJHARI
- Total area (ha)
- 136.47
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 69.93
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Panasi
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Panasi
- LGD code
- 222576
- Pincode
- 855117
- Post office
- Taiyabpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,069
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,260
- Households
- 240
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 983
- Literacy rate
- 41.5%
- Coordinates
- 26.23079°N, 88.13046°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Purnia
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhamdaha
- Member of Parliament
- Pappu Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Leshi Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- NAWAID ALAM
- Block / Mandal
- Pothia
- Nearest post office
- Post Office Gangi Hat (23.4 km)
Getting there
How to reach Panasi
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna308 kmcapital
- Kolkata407 km
- Delhi1110 km
- Hyderabad1398 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGunjaria1 km
- Bus stopNBSTC Bus Stop6 km
- Hospital / PHCR. B. Nursing Home and Diagnostic Centre5 km
- ATM / bankBank of India E Gallery6 km
- Petrol pumpSihotia Service Station7 km
- Collegesecond building22 km
- Police stationRailway Police Force RPF23 km
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)