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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SHAHANWAZ
Contact: 87****6147
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- LGD code
- 224153
- Pincode
- 854326
- Post office
- Gulabbagh
- Population
- 1,064
- Households
- 215
- Literacy rate
- 43.5%
- Sex ratio
- 974 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 256
Census 2011 · in context
How Ladua compares
By population, Ladua ranks #68 of 154 villages in Dagarua mandal.
Literacy rate
%
43.5%
+7.6% vs mandal average
- Ladua
- 43.5%
- Dagarua mandal
- 35.9%
- Purnia district
- 40.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
974
+50 vs mandal average
- Ladua
- 974
- Dagarua mandal
- 924
Household size
people per home
4.9
Same as the mandal average
- Ladua
- 4.9
- Dagarua mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ladua at a glance
Ladua is a village of 1,064 people in 215 households (Census 2011) in Dagarua block, Purnia district, Bihar, the 68th-largest of 154 villages in Dagarua block. Literacy is 44%, 8 points above the block average of 36% and the sex ratio is 974 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 854326, served by Gulabbagh post office; the LGD village code is 224153. The sarpanch is SHAHANWAZ, and the village votes in Dhamdaha assembly constituency, represented by MLA Leshi Singh. The population is estimated at 1,254 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Dagarua →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ladua · this village | 1,064 | 44% | — |
| Dagarua · Dagarua | 8,008 | 37% | — |
| Udharna · Dagarua | 1,759 | 41% | — |
| Soti · Dagarua | 1,402 | 41% | — |
| Bahadurpur · Dagarua | 0 | — | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Ladua
- 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
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 9
- Power hours (winter)
- 9
- 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)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 15
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Dagarua
- Total area (ha)
- 64
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 22
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Ladua
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Ladua
- LGD code
- 224153
- Pincode
- 854326
- Post office
- Gulabbagh
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,064
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,254
- Households
- 215
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 974
- Literacy rate
- 43.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Purnia
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhamdaha
- Member of Parliament
- Pappu Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Leshi Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SHAHANWAZ
- Block / Mandal
- Dagarua
- Nearest railway station
- Aurahi (5.1 km)
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 854326
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Ladua
Other villages in Dagarua mandal
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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)