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Bihar urges Centre to raise paddy procurement target to 50 lakh MT
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
AKHILESH SHARMA
Contact: 95****4902
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- LGD code
- 245103
- Pincode
- 803115
- Post office
- Pawapuri
- Population
- 2,575
- Households
- 366
- Literacy rate
- 52.6%
- Sex ratio
- 943 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 972
Census 2011 · in context
How Pawadih compares
By population, Pawadih ranks #21 of 49 villages in Silao mandal.
Literacy rate
%
52.6%
+0.7% vs mandal average
- Pawadih
- 52.6%
- Silao mandal
- 51.9%
- Nalanda district
- 52.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
943
+19 vs mandal average
- Pawadih
- 943
- Silao mandal
- 924
Household size
people per home
7.0
+0.9 vs mandal average
- Pawadih
- 7.0
- Silao mandal
- 6.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pawadih at a glance
Pawadih is a village of 2,575 people in 366 households (Census 2011) in Silao block, Nalanda district, Bihar, the 21st-largest of 49 villages in Silao block. Literacy is 53%, about the same as the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 943 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 803115, served by Pawapuri post office; the LGD village code is 245103. The sarpanch is AKHILESH SHARMA, and the village votes in Sahebpur Kamal assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sattanand Sambuddha Alias Lalan Jee. The population is estimated at 3,036 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Pawadih →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pawadih · this village | 2,575 | 53% | — |
| Chandiman · Silao | 2,594 | 55% | — |
| Kamal Bigha · Silao | 2,021 | 47% | — |
| Gor Bigha · Silao | 1,110 | 52% | — |
| Samsera · Silao | 583 | 51% | — |
| Chamar Diha · Silao | 580 | 49% | — |
| Lachhmipur · Silao | 371 | 19% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Pawadih
- 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)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 4
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SILAO
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 8
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Pawadih
- Total area (ha)
- 216
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 64.3
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Pawadih
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Pawadih
- LGD code
- 245103
- Pincode
- 803115
- Post office
- Pawapuri
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,575
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,036
- Households
- 366
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 943
- Literacy rate
- 52.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Begusarai
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sahebpur Kamal
- Member of Parliament
- Giriraj Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sattanand Sambuddha Alias Lalan Jee
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- AKHILESH SHARMA
- Block / Mandal
- Silao
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View all 57+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
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