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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
JITENDRA KUMAR BIND
Contact: 99****5151
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- LGD code
- 243014
- Pincode
- 811213
- Post office
- Haweli Kharagpur
- Population
- 1,812
- Households
- 331
- Literacy rate
- 41.9%
- Sex ratio
- 913 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 567
Census 2011 · in context
How Maha Kala compares
By population, Maha Kala ranks #37 of 120 villages in Kharagpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
41.9%
−8.4% vs mandal average
- Maha Kala
- 41.9%
- Kharagpur mandal
- 50.3%
- Munger district
- 58.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
913
+35 vs mandal average
- Maha Kala
- 913
- Kharagpur mandal
- 878
Household size
people per home
5.5
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Maha Kala
- 5.5
- Kharagpur mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Maha Kala at a glance
Maha Kala is a village of 1,812 people in 331 households (Census 2011) in Kharagpur block, Munger district, Bihar, the 37th-largest of 120 villages in Kharagpur block. Literacy is 42%, 8 points below the block average of 50% and the sex ratio is 913 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 811213, served by Haweli Kharagpur post office; the LGD village code is 243014. The sarpanch is JITENDRA KUMAR BIND, and the village votes in Alauli assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ram Chandra Sada. The population is estimated at 2,136 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Barui →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maha Kala · this village | 1,812 | 42% | — |
| Barui · Kharagpur | 3,113 | 39% | — |
| Kaithi · Kharagpur | 1,312 | 40% | — |
| Teghra · Kharagpur | 1,074 | 61% | — |
| Ghana Chak · Kharagpur | 0 | — | — |
| Bahiri · Kharagpur | 0 | — | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Maha Kala
- 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)
- 7
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KHARAGPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 5
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 43
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Barui
- Total area (ha)
- 119
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 106.5
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Maha Kala
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Maha Kala
- LGD code
- 243014
- Pincode
- 811213
- Post office
- Haweli Kharagpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,812
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,136
- Households
- 331
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 913
- Literacy rate
- 41.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khagaria
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Alauli
- Member of Parliament
- Rajesh Verma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ram Chandra Sada
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- JITENDRA KUMAR BIND
- Block / Mandal
- Kharagpur
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 811213
- RaunakabadKharagpur mandal17,108 pop
- Tola BanharaTetiha Bambor mandal8,489 pop
- RataithaKharagpur mandal5,359 pop
- GobaddaKharagpur mandal5,248 pop
- DhauriTetiha Bambor mandal4,981 pop
- DariapurKharagpur mandal4,955 pop
- BahiraKharagpur mandal4,928 pop
- MuradeKharagpur mandal4,836 pop
- MurheriKharagpur mandal4,831 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Maha Kala
Other villages in Kharagpur mandal
View all 60+ →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)