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By population, Bhatkaul ranks #81 of 97 villages in Mainatanr mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bhatkaul is a village of 670 people in 98 households (Census 2011) in Mainatanr block, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar, the 81st-largest of 97 villages in Mainatanr block. Literacy is 39%, 3 points below the block average of 42% and the sex ratio is 893 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 845306, served by Mainatand post office; the LGD village code is 216532. The sarpanch is MAMTA DEVI, and the village votes in Narkatia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Vishal Kumar. The population is estimated at 790 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Sakraul →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bhatkaul · this village | 670 | 39% | — |
| Sakraul · Mainatanr | 4,078 | 39% | — |
| Ghorpakri · Mainatanr | 3,414 | 40% | — |
| Shahpur Parsuni · Mainatanr | 2,101 | 32% | — |
| Jobdi · Mainatanr | 1,609 | 33% | — |
| Sebia · Mainatanr | 937 | 46% | — |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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.
Centred on Mainatanr mandal
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