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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Ghosi is a village in Hilsa mandal, Nalanda district, Bihar, with a population of 4,707 across 804 households. The village has a literacy rate of 45.1% and is identified by PIN code 801302.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Dulari Devi
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- LGD code
- 244755
- Pincode
- 801302
- Post office
- Hilsa
- Population
- 4,707
- Households
- 804
- Literacy rate
- 45.1%
- Sex ratio
- 946 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,181
- Distance to district centre
- 263 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 320 km
- Distance to Patna
- 170 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 628 km
- Nearest railway station
- Ghosi · <1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital RASULPUR · 12 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Ghosi compares
By population, Ghosi ranks #9 of 57 villages in Hilsa mandal.
Literacy rate
%
45.1%
−6.2% vs mandal average
Ghosi45.1%
Hilsa mandal51.3%
Nalanda district52.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
946
+26 vs mandal average
Ghosi946
Hilsa mandal920
Household size
people per home
5.9
−0.1 vs mandal average
Ghosi5.9
Hilsa mandal6.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ghosi at a glance
Ghosi is a village of 4,707 people in 804 households (Census 2011) in Hilsa block, Nalanda district, Bihar, the 9th-largest of 57 villages in Hilsa block. Literacy is 45%, 6 points below the block average of 51% and the sex ratio is 946 women per 1,000 men. It lies 263 km from the Nalanda district centre, 0 km from Bada Gaon, the nearest town, under 1 km from Ghosi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 801302, served by Hilsa post office; the LGD village code is 244755. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital RASULPUR, 12 km away. The sarpanch is Dulari Devi, and the village votes in Munger assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kumar Pranay. The population is estimated at 5,550 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Ghosi
- 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
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- HILSA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Kawa
- Total area (ha)
- 326
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 127.8
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Ghosi
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Ghosi
- LGD code
- 244755
- Pincode
- 801302
- Post office
- Hilsa
- Population (Census 2011)
- 4,707
- Population (projected 2026)
- 5,550
- Households
- 804
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 946
- Literacy rate
- 45.1%
- Coordinates
- 26.12332°N, 83.54570°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Munger
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Munger
- Member of Parliament
- Rajiv Ranjan Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kumar Pranay
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Dulari Devi
- Block / Mandal
- Hilsa
Getting there
How to reach Ghosi
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna170 kmcapital
- Kolkata628 km
- Delhi684 km
- Hyderabad1103 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGhosi<1 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital RASULPUR12 km
- ATM / bankUnion Bank of India19 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil18 km
- Collegebaba Raghav das Inter college48 km
- Police stationUbhaon Police Station32 km
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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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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