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Village snapshot
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KH
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
kumari hemanti paswan
Contact: 99****5887
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- LGD code
- 216115
- Pincode
- 845105
- Post office
- Naraipur
- Population
- 677
- Households
- 120
- Literacy rate
- 17.7%
- Sex ratio
- 881 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 351
Census 2011 · in context
How Khurharia compares
By population, Khurharia ranks #139 of 175 villages in Sidhaw mandal.
Literacy rate
%
17.7%
−24.6% vs mandal average
- Khurharia
- 17.7%
- Sidhaw mandal
- 42.3%
- Pashchim Champaran district
- 44.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
881
−53 vs mandal average
- Khurharia
- 881
- Sidhaw mandal
- 934
Household size
people per home
5.6
Same as the mandal average
- Khurharia
- 5.6
- Sidhaw mandal
- 5.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khurharia at a glance
Khurharia is a village of 677 people in 120 households (Census 2011) in Sidhaw block, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar, the 139th-largest of 175 villages in Sidhaw block. Literacy is 18%, 25 points below the block average of 42% and the sex ratio is 881 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 845105, served by Naraipur post office; the LGD village code is 216115. The sarpanch is kumari hemanti paswan, and the village votes in Pipra assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shyambabu Prasad Yadav. The population is estimated at 798 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Khurharia
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 0
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BAGHA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 80
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Semra Katkuiya
- Total area (ha)
- 114.9
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 111.9
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Khurharia
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Khurharia
- LGD code
- 216115
- Pincode
- 845105
- Post office
- Naraipur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 677
- Population (projected 2026)
- 798
- Households
- 120
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 881
- Literacy rate
- 17.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Purvi Champaran
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Pipra
- Member of Parliament
- Radha Mohan Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Shyambabu Prasad Yadav
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- kumari hemanti paswan
- Block / Mandal
- Sidhaw
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)