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Bihar Floods 2026, Over 49 Lakh People Affected Across 15 Districts
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Mai is a village in Dhanarua mandal, Patna district, Bihar, with a population of 2,591 across 434 households and a literacy rate of 57.6%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Kosmi Devi
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- LGD code
- 246010
- Pincode
- 804451
- Post office
- Hazrat Sain
- Population
- 2,591
- Households
- 434
- Literacy rate
- 57.6%
- Sex ratio
- 936 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 862
- Distance to district centre
- 26 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 4 km
- Distance to Patna
- 98 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 391 km
- Nearest railway station
- Singhaul Halt · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- State Hospital · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Mai compares
By population, Mai ranks #26 of 122 villages in Dhanarua mandal.
Literacy rate
%
57.6%
+8.1% vs mandal average
- Mai
- 57.6%
- Dhanarua mandal
- 49.5%
- Patna district
- 59.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
936
+4 vs mandal average
- Mai
- 936
- Dhanarua mandal
- 932
Household size
people per home
6.0
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Mai
- 6.0
- Dhanarua mandal
- 5.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mai at a glance
Mai is a village of 2,591 people in 434 households (Census 2011) in Dhanarua block, Patna district, Bihar, the 26th-largest of 122 villages in Dhanarua block. Literacy is 58%, 8 points above the block average of 50% and the sex ratio is 936 women per 1,000 men. It lies 26 km from the Patna district centre, 9 km from Matihani, the nearest town, 2 km from Singhaul Halt railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 804451, served by Hazrat Sain post office; the LGD village code is 246010. The nearest hospital or health centre is State Hospital, <1 km away. The sarpanch is Kosmi Devi, and the village votes in Matihani assembly constituency, represented by MLA Narendra Kumar Singh Alias Bogo Singh. The population is estimated at 3,055 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Mai
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 5
- Power hours (winter)
- 5
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- MASAURHI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 50
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Mai naitaul
- Total area (ha)
- 187
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 123.4
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Mai
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Mai
- LGD code
- 246010
- Pincode
- 804451
- Post office
- Hazrat Sain
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,591
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,055
- Households
- 434
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 936
- Literacy rate
- 57.6%
- Coordinates
- 25.41637°N, 86.09308°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Begusarai
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Matihani
- Member of Parliament
- Giriraj Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Narendra Kumar Singh Alias Bogo Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Kosmi Devi
- Block / Mandal
- Dhanarua
Getting there
How to reach Mai
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna98 kmcapital
- Kolkata391 km
- Delhi949 km
- Hyderabad1190 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSinghaul Halt2 km
- Bus stopHarhar Mahadev3 km
- Hospital / PHCState Hospital<1 km
- ATM / bankSBI,RBO2 km
- Petrol pumpLPG gas station17 km
- CollegeG.D College3 km
- Police stationBachhawara27 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Mai
8 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Mai
9 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🏫Mount Litera Zee SchoolSchool<1 km ↗
- 🏫GYANSTHALI PUBLIC SCHOOLSchool<1 km ↗
- 🏫Rajkiya Krit MadhyaSchool<1 km ↗
- 🏫SOS Children villageSchool1.2 km ↗
- 🏫Mussoorie Public SchoolSchool3.0 km ↗
- 📚Gyan Point LibraryLibrary3.1 km ↗
- 🎓G.D CollegeCollege3.2 km ↗
- 📚Superior LibraryLibrary3.2 km ↗
- 🏫Commerce GuruSchool4.6 km ↗
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)