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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
DOLY DAS
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- LGD code
- 222623
- Pincode
- 855106
- Post office
- Galgalia
- Population
- 1,672
- Households
- 422
- Literacy rate
- 59.2%
- Sex ratio
- 808 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 592
Census 2011 · in context
How Raipur compares
By population, Raipur ranks #54 of 149 villages in Pothia mandal.
Literacy rate
%
59.2%
+18.4% vs mandal average
- Raipur
- 59.2%
- Pothia mandal
- 40.8%
- Kishanganj district
- 44.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
808
−125 vs mandal average
- Raipur
- 808
- Pothia mandal
- 933
Household size
people per home
4.0
−1.0 vs mandal average
- Raipur
- 4.0
- Pothia mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Raipur at a glance
Raipur is a village of 1,672 people in 422 households (Census 2011) in Pothia block, Kishanganj district, Bihar, the 54th-largest of 149 villages in Pothia block. Literacy is 59%, 18 points above the block average of 41% and the sex ratio is 808 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 855106, served by Galgalia post office; the LGD village code is 222623. The sarpanch is DOLY DAS, and the village votes in Dhamdaha assembly constituency, represented by MLA Leshi Singh. The population is estimated at 1,971 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Raipur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- KISHANGANJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 20
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 25
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- RAIPUR
- Total area (ha)
- 201.97
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 7.84
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Raipur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Raipur
- LGD code
- 222623
- Pincode
- 855106
- Post office
- Galgalia
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,672
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,971
- Households
- 422
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 808
- Literacy rate
- 59.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Purnia
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhamdaha
- Member of Parliament
- Pappu Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Leshi Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- DOLY DAS
- Block / Mandal
- Pothia
- Nearest post office
- Post Office Gangi Hat (67.0 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, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)