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Dariapur is a village in Warisaliganj mandal, Nawada district, Bihar, with a population of 4,230 across 649 households. The village has a literacy rate of 43% and is located at coordinates 25.822°N, 85.033°E.
By population, Dariapur ranks #13 of 75 villages in Warisaliganj mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dariapur is a village of 4,230 people in 649 households (Census 2011) in Warisaliganj block, Nawada district, Bihar, the 13th-largest of 75 villages in Warisaliganj block. Literacy is 43%, 6 points below the block average of 49% and the sex ratio is 938 women per 1,000 men. It lies 129 km from the Nawada district centre, 6 km from Sitalpur, the nearest town, 6 km from Sitalpur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 805130, served by Warisaliganj post office; the LGD village code is 257577. The nearest hospital or health centre is Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital, 6 km away. The sarpanch is INDRADEV MANJHI, and the village votes in Jamalpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nachiketa Mandal. The population is estimated at 8,059 in 2026, up 91% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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