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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Araria is a village in Amour mandal, Purnia district, Bihar, with a population of 3,068 across 630 households. It has a literacy rate of 44.6%, among the higher rates in the region. The village is located at coordinates 26.135°N, 87.465°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SHAGOFA LOVELY
Contact: 90****2549
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- LGD code
- 223744
- Pincode
- 854315
- Post office
- Baisi
- Population
- 3,068
- Households
- 630
- Literacy rate
- 44.6%
- Sex ratio
- 837 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 888
- Distance to district centre
- 82 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 50 km
- Distance to Patna
- 241 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 406 km
- Nearest railway station
- Araria Court · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- The Rural Institute Of Medical Aids · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Araria compares
By population, Araria ranks #31 of 163 villages in Amour mandal.
Literacy rate
%
44.6%
+9.3% vs mandal average
- Araria
- 44.6%
- Amour mandal
- 35.3%
- Purnia district
- 40.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
837
−80 vs mandal average
- Araria
- 837
- Amour mandal
- 917
Household size
people per home
4.9
Same as the mandal average
- Araria
- 4.9
- Amour mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Araria at a glance
Araria is a village of 3,068 people in 630 households (Census 2011) in Amour block, Purnia district, Bihar, the 31st-largest of 163 villages in Amour block. Literacy is 45%, 9 points above the block average of 35% and the sex ratio is 837 women per 1,000 men. It lies 82 km from the Purnia district centre, 0 km from Araria, the nearest town, 3 km from Araria Court railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 854315, served by Baisi post office; the LGD village code is 223744. The nearest hospital or health centre is The Rural Institute Of Medical Aids, <1 km away. The sarpanch is SHAGOFA LOVELY, and the village votes in Dhamdaha assembly constituency, represented by MLA Leshi Singh. The population is estimated at 3,617 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Araria
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- PURNIA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 65
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 65
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 11
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Kharhia
- Total area (ha)
- 181
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 75
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Araria
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Araria
- LGD code
- 223744
- Pincode
- 854315
- Post office
- Baisi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,068
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,617
- Households
- 630
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 837
- Literacy rate
- 44.6%
- Coordinates
- 26.13465°N, 87.46541°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Purnia
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhamdaha
- Member of Parliament
- Pappu Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Leshi Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SHAGOFA LOVELY
- Block / Mandal
- Amour
Getting there
How to reach Araria
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna241 kmcapital
- Kolkata406 km
- Delhi1049 km
- Hyderabad1343 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationAraria Court3 km
- Hospital / PHCThe Rural Institute Of Medical Aids<1 km
- ATM / banksbi india35 km
- Petrol pumpjalalpur fuel station25 km
- CollegePurnea College of Engineering41 km
- Police stationMaranga Police Thana43 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-10
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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