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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
MK
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MANOJ KUMAR
Contact: 98****4596
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- LGD code
- 257877
- Pincode
- 805126
- Post office
- Rajhat
- Population
- 1,320
- Households
- 176
- Literacy rate
- 59.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1000 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 416
Census 2011 · in context
How Mahugain compares
By population, Mahugain ranks #24 of 73 villages in Gobindpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
59.2%
+11.6% vs mandal average
Mahugain59.2%
Gobindpur mandal47.6%
Nawada district49.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,000
+31 vs mandal average
Mahugain1,000
Gobindpur mandal969
Household size
people per home
7.5
+1.0 vs mandal average
Mahugain7.5
Gobindpur mandal6.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mahugain at a glance
Mahugain is a village of 1,320 people in 176 households (Census 2011) in Gobindpur block, Nawada district, Bihar, the 24th-largest of 73 villages in Gobindpur block. Literacy is 59%, 12 points above the block average of 48% and the sex ratio is 1,000 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 805126, served by Rajhat post office; the LGD village code is 257877. The sarpanch is MANOJ KUMAR, and the village votes in Saharsa assembly constituency, represented by MLA Indrajeet Prasad Gupta. The population is estimated at 1,556 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Mahugain
- 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)
- 1
- Power hours (winter)
- 1
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- NAWADA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 28
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 28
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Mahugain
- Total area (ha)
- 59
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 19
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Mahugain
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Mahugain
- LGD code
- 257877
- Pincode
- 805126
- Post office
- Rajhat
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,320
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,556
- Households
- 176
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1000
- Literacy rate
- 59.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Madhepura
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Saharsa
- Member of Parliament
- Dinesh Chandra Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Indrajeet Prasad Gupta
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MANOJ KUMAR
- Block / Mandal
- Gobindpur
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
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