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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
lakshmi kumari
Contact: 99****5517
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- LGD code
- 216159
- Pincode
- 845105
- Post office
- Naraipur
- Population
- 1,607
- Households
- 291
- Literacy rate
- 41.8%
- Sex ratio
- 918 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 823
Census 2011 · in context
How Machharganwan compares
By population, Machharganwan ranks #80 of 175 villages in Sidhaw mandal.
Literacy rate
%
41.8%
−0.5% vs mandal average
- Machharganwan
- 41.8%
- Sidhaw mandal
- 42.3%
- Pashchim Champaran district
- 44.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
918
−16 vs mandal average
- Machharganwan
- 918
- Sidhaw mandal
- 934
Household size
people per home
5.5
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Machharganwan
- 5.5
- Sidhaw mandal
- 5.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Machharganwan at a glance
Machharganwan is a village of 1,607 people in 291 households (Census 2011) in Sidhaw block, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar, the 80th-largest of 175 villages in Sidhaw block. Literacy is 42%, about the same as the block average of 42% and the sex ratio is 918 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 845105, served by Naraipur post office; the LGD village code is 216159. The sarpanch is lakshmi kumari, and the village votes in Pipra assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shyambabu Prasad Yadav. The population is estimated at 1,895 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Chamwaliya →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Machharganwan · this village | 1,607 | 42% | — |
| Matiaria · Sidhaw | 5,342 | 35% | — |
| Sirji Barhampur · Sidhaw | 1,745 | 35% | — |
| Chamwalia · Sidhaw | 983 | 36% | — |
| Barwa · Sidhaw | 972 | 39% | — |
| Khiria Urf Gamharia · Sidhaw | 867 | 38% | — |
| Sikatia · Sidhaw | 535 | 29% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Machharganwan
- 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
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BAGHA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 60
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Chamwaliya
- Total area (ha)
- 103.3
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 93.4
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Machharganwan
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Machharganwan
- LGD code
- 216159
- Pincode
- 845105
- Post office
- Naraipur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,607
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,895
- Households
- 291
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 918
- Literacy rate
- 41.8%
- 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
- lakshmi kumari
- Block / Mandal
- Sidhaw
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 845105
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Machharganwan
Other villages in Sidhaw mandal
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- Rampurwa
- Semra
- Kharhat
- Matiaria
- Pachrukha
- Bairagi Sonbarsa
- Balua
- Parsauni
- Mangalpur
- Rampurwa
- Belahwa
- Harnatanr
- Barwal
- Ausani
- Narwal
- Balgangwa
- Nawatanwa
- Dholbajwa
- Paikaulia
- Leduaphas Phaso
- Mohna
- Soharia
- Chiutaha
- Madanpur
- Naurangiya
- Rampur
- Panchgarwa
- Jarar
- Binwaliya
- Tharhi
- Champapur
- Chhatraul
- Kataha
- Bairiya Khurd
- Tri-Bhauni
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)