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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Mahua is a small village in Nauhatta mandal, Saharsa district, Bihar, with a population of 523 across 104 households and a literacy rate of 36.5%. The village has multiple banks, fuel stations, hospitals, and a police station nearby, located at 25.814°N, 85.398°E with PIN code 852123.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
HUSNA PRAWEEN
Contact: 70****7669
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- LGD code
- 226263
- Pincode
- 852123
- Post office
- Nauhatta
- Population
- 523
- Households
- 104
- Literacy rate
- 36.5%
- Sex ratio
- 916 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 134
- Distance to district centre
- 99 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 81 km
- Distance to Patna
- 36 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 469 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bithauli · 11 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Chanchal Suman Hospital · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Mahua compares
By population, Mahua ranks #52 of 56 villages in Nauhatta mandal.
Literacy rate
%
36.5%
−3.8% vs mandal average
- Mahua
- 36.5%
- Nauhatta mandal
- 40.3%
- Saharsa district
- 42.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
916
−2 vs mandal average
- Mahua
- 916
- Nauhatta mandal
- 918
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Mahua
- 5.0
- Nauhatta mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mahua at a glance
Mahua is a village of 523 people in 104 households (Census 2011) in Nauhatta block, Saharsa district, Bihar, the 52nd-largest of 56 villages in Nauhatta block. Literacy is 37%, 4 points below the block average of 40% and the sex ratio is 916 women per 1,000 men. It lies 99 km from the Saharsa district centre, 9 km from Raja Pakar, the nearest town, 11 km from Bithauli railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 852123, served by Nauhatta post office; the LGD village code is 226263. Mapped within or next to the village: bank. The sarpanch is HUSNA PRAWEEN, and the village votes in Begusarai assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kundan Kumar. The population is estimated at 851 in 2026, up 63% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Mahua
- 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
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- SAHARSA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 45
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 45
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 23
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- DARHAR
- Total area (ha)
- 170
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 64.07
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Mahua
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Mahua
- LGD code
- 226263
- Pincode
- 852123
- Post office
- Nauhatta
- Population (Census 2011)
- 523
- Population (projected 2026)
- 851
- Households
- 104
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 916
- Literacy rate
- 36.5%
- Coordinates
- 25.81408°N, 85.39790°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Begusarai
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Begusarai
- Member of Parliament
- Giriraj Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kundan Kumar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- HUSNA PRAWEEN
- Block / Mandal
- Nauhatta
- Nearest police station
- Police Station, Mahua (0.2 km)
- Nearest bank
- Fino Payments Bank (0.6 km)
Getting there
How to reach Mahua
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna36 kmcapital
- Kolkata469 km
- Delhi867 km
- Hyderabad1178 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBithauli11 km
- Bus stopHajipur Bus Stop22 km
- Hospital / PHCChanchal Suman Hospital<1 km
- ATM / bankFino Payments Bank<1 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil1 km
- CollegeDevchand Mahavidyalaya21 km
- Police stationPolice Station, Mahua<1 km
Nearest to the village
- Health centre
- Chanchal Suman Hospitalunder 1 km
- Bank / ATM
- Fino Payments Bankunder 1 km
- Petrol pump
- Indian Oil1.5 km
Village amenities · Census 2011 / OpenStreetMap within 2 km
- ✓ Bank
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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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-11
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)