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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Masaha is a very small village in Sikta mandal, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. It has a population of 47 in 8 households with a literacy rate of 12.8%. The village is located at coordinates 25.158°N, 87.784°E and uses PIN code 845307.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
JAHANGIR ANSARI
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- LGD code
- 217255
- Pincode
- 845307
- Post office
- Sikta
- Population
- 47
- Households
- 8
- Literacy rate
- 12.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1350 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 8
- Distance to district centre
- 327 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 320 km
- Distance to Patna
- 270 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 293 km
- Nearest railway station
- Karanpurato · 5 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Bhutni Hospital · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Masaha compares
By population, Masaha ranks #60 of 61 villages in Sikta mandal.
Literacy rate
%
12.8%
−30.0% vs mandal average
- Masaha
- 12.8%
- Sikta mandal
- 42.8%
- Pashchim Champaran district
- 44.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,350
+452 vs mandal average
- Masaha
- 1,350
- Sikta mandal
- 898
Household size
people per home
5.9
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Masaha
- 5.9
- Sikta mandal
- 5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Masaha at a glance
Masaha is a village of 47 people in 8 households (Census 2011) in Sikta block, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar, the 60th-largest of 61 villages in Sikta block. Literacy is 13%, 30 points below the block average of 43% and the sex ratio is 1,350 women per 1,000 men. It lies 327 km from the Pashchim Champaran district centre, 3 km from Sukhsena, the nearest town, 5 km from Karanpurato railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 845307, served by Sikta post office; the LGD village code is 217255. The nearest hospital or health centre is Bhutni Hospital, 6 km away. The sarpanch is JAHANGIR ANSARI, and the village votes in Dhaka assembly constituency, represented by MLA Faisal Rahman.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Masaha
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BETTIAH
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 32
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 32
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 30
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Masaha
- Total area (ha)
- 107.16
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 20.09
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Masaha
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Masaha
- LGD code
- 217255
- Pincode
- 845307
- Post office
- Sikta
- Population (Census 2011)
- 47
- Population (projected 2026)
- 0
- Households
- 8
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1350
- Literacy rate
- 12.8%
- Coordinates
- 25.15756°N, 87.78393°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Sheohar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhaka
- Member of Parliament
- Lovely Anand
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Faisal Rahman
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- JAHANGIR ANSARI
- Block / Mandal
- Sikta
- Nearest railway station
- Kundwa Chainpur (315.7 km)
Getting there
How to reach Masaha
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna270 kmcapital
- Kolkata293 km
- Delhi1116 km
- Hyderabad1293 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKaranpurato5 km
- Hospital / PHCBhutni Hospital6 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil36 km
- CollegeD S College46 km
- Police stationKaliachak Police Station40 km
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-10
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)