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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Shankar sah
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- LGD code
- 242801
- Pincode
- 811212
- Post office
- Dharhara (Munger)
- Population
- 2,190
- Households
- 424
- Literacy rate
- 34%
- Sex ratio
- 886 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 588
Census 2011 · in context
How Mahganwan compares
By population, Mahganwan ranks #21 of 186 villages in Dharhara mandal.
Literacy rate
%
34.0%
−19.6% vs mandal average
- Mahganwan
- 34.0%
- Dharhara mandal
- 53.6%
- Munger district
- 58.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
886
+17 vs mandal average
- Mahganwan
- 886
- Dharhara mandal
- 869
Household size
people per home
5.2
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Mahganwan
- 5.2
- Dharhara mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mahganwan at a glance
Mahganwan is a village of 2,190 people in 424 households (Census 2011) in Dharhara block, Munger district, Bihar, the 21st-largest of 186 villages in Dharhara block. Literacy is 34%, 20 points below the block average of 54% and the sex ratio is 886 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 811212, served by Dharhara (Munger) post office; the LGD village code is 242801. The sarpanch is Shankar sah, and the village votes in Sarairanjan assembly constituency, represented by MLA Vijay Kumar Choudhary. The population is estimated at 2,582 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Mahgama →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mahganwan · this village | 2,190 | 34% | — |
| Tola Bagalwa · Dharhara | 5,989 | 44% | — |
| Gobindpur · Dharhara | 3,054 | 52% | — |
| Jatkuta · Dharhara | 1,198 | 48% | — |
| Tola Mankothia · Dharhara | 865 | 33% | — |
| Khajuria · Dharhara | 659 | 67% | — |
| Kathor · Dharhara | 483 | 44% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Mahganwan
- 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
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- 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
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- MUNGER
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 26
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 26
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 7
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Mahgama
- Total area (ha)
- 75
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 21.82
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Mahganwan
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Mahganwan
- LGD code
- 242801
- Pincode
- 811212
- Post office
- Dharhara (Munger)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,190
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,582
- Households
- 424
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 886
- Literacy rate
- 34.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ujiarpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sarairanjan
- Member of Parliament
- Nityanand Rai
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Vijay Kumar Choudhary
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Shankar sah
- Block / Mandal
- Dharhara
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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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)