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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MD ASHFAQUE ALAM
Contact: 94****5322
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- LGD code
- 223449
- Pincode
- 854304
- Post office
- Purnea Chowk
- Population
- 11,439
- Households
- 2,255
- Literacy rate
- 46.4%
- Sex ratio
- 912 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 3,858
Census 2011 · in context
How Banbhag compares
By population, Banbhag ranks #6 of 84 villages in Krityanand Nagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
46.4%
+5.0% vs mandal average
Banbhag46.4%
Krityanand Nagar mandal41.4%
Purnia district40.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
912
−17 vs mandal average
Banbhag912
Krityanand Nagar mandal929
Household size
people per home
5.1
+0.1 vs mandal average
Banbhag5.1
Krityanand Nagar mandal5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Banbhag at a glance
Banbhag is a village of 11,439 people in 2,255 households (Census 2011) in Krityanand Nagar block, Purnia district, Bihar, the 6th-largest of 84 villages in Krityanand Nagar block. Literacy is 46%, 5 points above the block average of 41% and the sex ratio is 912 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 854304, served by Purnea Chowk post office; the LGD village code is 223449. The sarpanch is MD ASHFAQUE ALAM , and the village votes in Keoti assembly constituency, represented by MLA Murari Mohan Jha. The population is estimated at 13,487 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Banbhag
- 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)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 3
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 4
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- PURNIA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 14
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 14
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Banbhag
- Total area (ha)
- 628
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 378.75
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Banbhag
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Banbhag
- LGD code
- 223449
- Pincode
- 854304
- Post office
- Purnea Chowk
- Population (Census 2011)
- 11,439
- Population (projected 2026)
- 13,487
- Households
- 2,255
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 912
- Literacy rate
- 46.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Madhubani
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Keoti
- Member of Parliament
- Ashok Kumar Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Murari Mohan Jha
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MD ASHFAQUE ALAM
- Block / Mandal
- Krityanand Nagar
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 854304
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- JogailiSrinagar mandal9,385 pop
- GarhiaSrinagar mandal7,411 pop
- Begampur KhataKrityanand Nagar mandal7,404 pop
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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)