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Phulaut is a village in Chausa mandal, Madhepura district, Bihar, with a population of 18,973 inhabitants spread across 3,643 households. The village has a literacy rate of 36.9% and is identified by PIN code 852213, located at 25.511°N, 86.938°E.
By population, Phulaut ranks #4 of 43 villages in Chausa mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Phulaut is a village of 18,973 people in 3,643 households (Census 2011) in Chausa block, Madhepura district, Bihar, the 4th-largest of 43 villages in Chausa block. Literacy is 37%, 3 points below the block average of 40% and the sex ratio is 893 women per 1,000 men. It lies 68 km from the Madhepura district centre, 14 km from Bihpur, the nearest town, 13 km from Thana Bihpur Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 852213, served by Chausa (Madhepura) post office; the LGD village code is 226195. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Amarpur, 17 km away. The village votes in Vaishali assembly constituency, represented by MLA Siddharth Patel. The population is estimated at 22,369 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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