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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Bangaon is a village in Amour mandal, Purnia district, Bihar, with a population of 2,135 across 430 households. The literacy rate is 37.5%. The village has one temple and is located at coordinates 25.867°N, 86.511°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MD GULAM AZHAR
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- LGD code
- 223759
- Pincode
- 854315
- Post office
- Baisi
- Population
- 2,135
- Households
- 430
- Literacy rate
- 37.5%
- Sex ratio
- 925 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 572
- Distance to district centre
- 23 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 66 km
- Distance to Patna
- 141 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 412 km
- Nearest railway station
- Saharsa Junction · 8 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Mahaveer Hospital and Orthocare Centre · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bangaon compares
By population, Bangaon ranks #55 of 163 villages in Amour mandal.
Literacy rate
%
37.5%
+2.2% vs mandal average
- Bangaon
- 37.5%
- Amour mandal
- 35.3%
- Purnia district
- 40.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
925
+8 vs mandal average
- Bangaon
- 925
- Amour mandal
- 917
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Bangaon
- 5.0
- Amour mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bangaon at a glance
Bangaon is a village of 2,135 people in 430 households (Census 2011) in Amour block, Purnia district, Bihar, the 55th-largest of 163 villages in Amour block. Literacy is 38%, 2 points above the block average of 35% and the sex ratio is 925 women per 1,000 men. It lies 23 km from the Purnia district centre, 0 km from Bangaon, the nearest town, 8 km from Saharsa Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 854315, served by Baisi post office; the LGD village code is 223759. The nearest hospital or health centre is Mahaveer Hospital and Orthocare Centre, 7 km away. The sarpanch is MD GULAM AZHAR, and the village votes in Dhamdaha assembly constituency, represented by MLA Leshi Singh. The population is estimated at 2,517 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bangaon
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- 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)
- 57
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 57
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Badaidgha
- Total area (ha)
- 74
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 56.7
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bangaon
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bangaon
- LGD code
- 223759
- Pincode
- 854315
- Post office
- Baisi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,135
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,517
- Households
- 430
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 925
- Literacy rate
- 37.5%
- Coordinates
- 25.86712°N, 86.51138°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Purnia
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhamdaha
- Member of Parliament
- Pappu Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Leshi Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MD GULAM AZHAR
- Block / Mandal
- Amour
Getting there
How to reach Bangaon
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna141 kmcapital
- Kolkata412 km
- Delhi969 km
- Hyderabad1255 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSaharsa Junction8 km
- Hospital / PHCMahaveer Hospital and Orthocare Centre7 km
- ATM / bankgramin bank22 km
- Petrol pumpPetrol Pump26 km
- CollegeMadhepura College28 km
- Police stationMadhepura Town Police Station29 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Bangaon
8 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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