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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Marhia is a village in Basopatti mandal, Madhubani district, Bihar. With a population of 8,431 across 1,495 households, the village has a literacy rate of 44.4%. It is located at coordinates 27.108°N, 84.464°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
राधा देवी
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- LGD code
- 219915
- Pincode
- 847225
- Post office
- Basopatti
- Population
- 8,431
- Households
- 1,495
- Literacy rate
- 44.4%
- Sex ratio
- 894 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,833
- Distance to district centre
- 192 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 151 km
- Distance to Patna
- 181 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 640 km
- Nearest railway station
- Narkatyaganj · <1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Sub-Divisional Hospital, Narkatiyaganj · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Marhia compares
By population, Marhia ranks #7 of 34 villages in Basopatti mandal.
Literacy rate
%
44.4%
−3.4% vs mandal average
Marhia44.4%
Basopatti mandal47.8%
Madhubani district48.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
894
−17 vs mandal average
Marhia894
Basopatti mandal911
Household size
people per home
5.6
+0.4 vs mandal average
Marhia5.6
Basopatti mandal5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Marhia at a glance
Marhia is a village of 8,431 people in 1,495 households (Census 2011) in Basopatti block, Madhubani district, Bihar, the 7th-largest of 34 villages in Basopatti block. Literacy is 44%, 3 points below the block average of 48% and the sex ratio is 894 women per 1,000 men. It lies 192 km from the Madhubani district centre, 0 km from Pakri, the nearest town, under 1 km from Narkatyaganj railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 847225, served by Basopatti post office; the LGD village code is 219915. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sub-Divisional Hospital, Narkatiyaganj, <1 km away. The sarpanch is राधा देवी. The population is estimated at 9,940 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Marhia
- 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)
- 4
- Power hours (winter)
- 5
- Primary school
- 3
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- JAINAGAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 16
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Marhia
- Total area (ha)
- 586.8
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 179.3
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Marhia
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Marhia
- LGD code
- 219915
- Pincode
- 847225
- Post office
- Basopatti
- Population (Census 2011)
- 8,431
- Population (projected 2026)
- 9,940
- Households
- 1,495
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 894
- Literacy rate
- 44.4%
- Coordinates
- 27.10800°N, 84.46400°E
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- राधा देवी
- Block / Mandal
- Basopatti
Getting there
How to reach Marhia
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna181 kmcapital
- Kolkata640 km
- Delhi732 km
- Hyderabad1243 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationNarkatyaganj<1 km
- Hospital / PHCSub-Divisional Hospital, Narkatiyaganj<1 km
- ATM / bankparas pakdi32 km
- Petrol pumpM/S USHA AUTOMOBILES23 km
- Police stationBettiah Main Police Station35 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Marhia
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Birla MandirTemple<1 km ↗
Same pincode
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- 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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)