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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Dhamni is a village in Rajauli mandal, Nawada district, Bihar, with a population of 2,815 across 420 households. The village has a literacy rate of 59.6% and postal code 805125.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
vinod kumar
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- LGD code
- 258494
- Pincode
- 805125
- Post office
- Rajauli
- Population
- 2,815
- Households
- 420
- Literacy rate
- 59.6%
- Sex ratio
- 803 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,335
- Distance to district centre
- 216 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 143 km
- Distance to Patna
- 125 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 494 km
- Nearest railway station
- Son Nagar Junction · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- SDH Dehri · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dhamni compares
By population, Dhamni ranks #9 of 163 villages in Rajauli mandal.
Literacy rate
%
59.6%
+12.7% vs mandal average
Dhamni59.6%
Rajauli mandal46.9%
Nawada district49.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
803
−137 vs mandal average
Dhamni803
Rajauli mandal940
Household size
people per home
6.7
−0.1 vs mandal average
Dhamni6.7
Rajauli mandal6.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhamni at a glance
Dhamni is a village of 2,815 people in 420 households (Census 2011) in Rajauli block, Nawada district, Bihar, the 9th-largest of 163 villages in Rajauli block. Literacy is 60%, 13 points above the block average of 47% and the sex ratio is 803 women per 1,000 men. It lies 216 km from the Nawada district centre, 2 km from Khajuri, the nearest town, 4 km from Son Nagar Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 805125, served by Rajauli post office; the LGD village code is 258494. The nearest hospital or health centre is SDH Dehri, 5 km away. The sarpanch is vinod kumar, and the village votes in Rajgir assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kaushal Kishore. The population is estimated at 3,319 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dhamni
- 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
- No
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- RAJAULI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 3
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 3
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Dhamni
- Total area (ha)
- 230
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 25.12
- Forest area (ha)
- 90.21
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dhamni
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dhamni
- LGD code
- 258494
- Pincode
- 805125
- Post office
- Rajauli
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,815
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,319
- Households
- 420
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 803
- Literacy rate
- 59.6%
- Coordinates
- 24.85829°N, 84.20324°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Nalanda
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rajgir
- Member of Parliament
- Kaushalendra Kumar
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kaushal Kishore
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- vinod kumar
- Block / Mandal
- Rajauli
Getting there
How to reach Dhamni
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna125 kmcapital
- Kolkata494 km
- Delhi810 km
- Hyderabad1020 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSon Nagar Junction4 km
- Bus stopAurangabad Bus Stand19 km
- Hospital / PHCSDH Dehri5 km
- ATM / bankPunjab National Bank6 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil7 km
- CollegeJawaharlal Nehru College8 km
- Police stationSSB camp39 km
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Dhamni
1 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🏫Govardhan Middle SchoolSchool4.0 km ↗
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)