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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
LILI
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- LGD code
- 223773
- Pincode
- 854315
- Post office
- Baisi
- Population
- 1,193
- Households
- 240
- Literacy rate
- 40.1%
- Sex ratio
- 934 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 321
Census 2011 · in context
How Batua compares
By population, Batua ranks #89 of 163 villages in Amour mandal.
Literacy rate
%
40.1%
+4.8% vs mandal average
- Batua
- 40.1%
- Amour mandal
- 35.3%
- Purnia district
- 40.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
934
+17 vs mandal average
- Batua
- 934
- Amour mandal
- 917
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Batua
- 5.0
- Amour mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Batua at a glance
Batua is a village of 1,193 people in 240 households (Census 2011) in Amour block, Purnia district, Bihar, the 89th-largest of 163 villages in Amour block. Literacy is 40%, 5 points above the block average of 35% and the sex ratio is 934 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 854315, served by Baisi post office; the LGD village code is 223773. The sarpanch is LILI, and the village votes in Dhamdaha assembly constituency, represented by MLA Leshi Singh. The population is estimated at 1,407 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Batua · this village | 1,193 | 40% | — |
| Sahangaon · Amour | 3,779 | 40% | — |
| Talbari · Amour | 3,567 | 40% | — |
| Kaparia Bangaon · Amour | 2,110 | 47% | — |
| Simalbari Bhag Sahrulah · Amour | 2,062 | 28% | — |
| Rahat Balia · Amour | 1,539 | 35% | — |
| Simalbari Bhag Dhanuran · Amour | 1,278 | 37% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Batua
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- PURNIA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 45
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 45
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 35
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Nitandar
- Total area (ha)
- 33
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 16.98
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Batua
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Batua
- LGD code
- 223773
- Pincode
- 854315
- Post office
- Baisi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,193
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,407
- Households
- 240
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 934
- Literacy rate
- 40.1%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Purnia
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhamdaha
- Member of Parliament
- Pappu Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Leshi Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- LILI
- Block / Mandal
- Amour
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- 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
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)