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Village snapshot
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Maniawan is a village in Silao mandal, Nalanda district, Bihar, with a population of 5,368 across 918 households and a literacy rate of 47.1%. The village has railway connectivity and is located at coordinates 25.131°N, 85.496°E with PIN code 803111.
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- LGD code
- 245086
- Pincode
- 803111
- Post office
- Nalanda
- Population
- 5,368
- Households
- 918
- Literacy rate
- 47.1%
- Sex ratio
- 926 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,209
- Distance to district centre
- 72 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 88 km
- Distance to Patna
- 63 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 407 km
- Nearest railway station
- Deepnagar Halt · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Khushboo Hospital · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Maniawan compares
By population, Maniawan ranks #7 of 49 villages in Silao mandal.
Literacy rate
%
47.1%
−4.8% vs mandal average
- Maniawan
- 47.1%
- Silao mandal
- 51.9%
- Nalanda district
- 52.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
926
+2 vs mandal average
- Maniawan
- 926
- Silao mandal
- 924
Household size
people per home
5.8
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Maniawan
- 5.8
- Silao mandal
- 6.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Maniawan at a glance
Maniawan is a village of 5,368 people in 918 households (Census 2011) in Silao block, Nalanda district, Bihar, the 7th-largest of 49 villages in Silao block. Literacy is 47%, 5 points below the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 926 women per 1,000 men. It lies 72 km from the Nalanda district centre, 3 km from Deodha, the nearest town, 2 km from Deepnagar Halt railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 803111, served by Nalanda post office; the LGD village code is 245086. The nearest hospital or health centre is Khushboo Hospital, 6 km away. The village votes in Sahebpur Kamal assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sattanand Sambuddha Alias Lalan Jee. The population is estimated at 6,329 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Maniawan
- 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
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 4
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SILAO
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 8
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 15
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Dharharan
- Total area (ha)
- 393
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 266.7
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Maniawan
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Maniawan
- LGD code
- 245086
- Pincode
- 803111
- Post office
- Nalanda
- Population (Census 2011)
- 5,368
- Population (projected 2026)
- 6,329
- Households
- 918
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 926
- Literacy rate
- 47.1%
- Coordinates
- 25.13106°N, 85.49555°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Begusarai
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sahebpur Kamal
- Member of Parliament
- Giriraj Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sattanand Sambuddha Alias Lalan Jee
- Block / Mandal
- Silao
- Nearest railway station
- Deepnagar Halt (1.7 km)
Getting there
How to reach Maniawan
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna63 kmcapital
- Kolkata407 km
- Delhi908 km
- Hyderabad1126 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDeepnagar Halt2 km
- Bus stopBus station7 km
- Hospital / PHCKhushboo Hospital6 km
- ATM / bankSBI ATM8 km
- Petrol pumpHP petrol pump25 km
- CollegeAjatshatru Residence14 km
- Police stationHarnaut Police Station27 km
Nearest to the village
- Railway station
- Deepnagar Halt1.7 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)