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Bihar urges Centre to raise paddy procurement target to 50 lakh MT
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
PK
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
PRAMOD KUMAR
Contact: 82****6162
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- LGD code
- 226618
- Pincode
- 852106
- Post office
- Chapraon
- Population
- 12,993
- Households
- 2,433
- Literacy rate
- 22.3%
- Sex ratio
- 895 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 4,740
Census 2011 · in context
How Dhanupra compares
By population, Dhanupra ranks #4 of 60 villages in Simri Bakhtiarpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
22.3%
−16.2% vs mandal average
Dhanupra22.3%
Simri Bakhtiarpur mandal38.5%
Saharsa district42.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
895
−6 vs mandal average
Dhanupra895
Simri Bakhtiarpur mandal901
Household size
people per home
5.3
Same as the mandal average
Dhanupra5.3
Simri Bakhtiarpur mandal5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhanupra at a glance
Dhanupra is a village of 12,993 people in 2,433 households (Census 2011) in Simri Bakhtiarpur block, Saharsa district, Bihar, the 4th-largest of 60 villages in Simri Bakhtiarpur block. Literacy is 22%, 16 points below the block average of 39% and the sex ratio is 895 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 852106, served by Chapraon post office; the LGD village code is 226618. The sarpanch is PRAMOD KUMAR, and the village votes in Khagaria assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bablu Kumar. The population is estimated at 15,319 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dhanupra
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SAHARSA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 27
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 27
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- DHANPURA
- Total area (ha)
- 1,361
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 472.96
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dhanupra
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dhanupra
- LGD code
- 226618
- Pincode
- 852106
- Post office
- Chapraon
- Population (Census 2011)
- 12,993
- Population (projected 2026)
- 15,319
- Households
- 2,433
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 895
- Literacy rate
- 22.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khagaria
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Khagaria
- Member of Parliament
- Rajesh Verma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bablu Kumar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- PRAMOD KUMAR
- Block / Mandal
- Simri Bakhtiarpur
Same pincode
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- MohanpurSimri Bakhtiarpur mandal6,910 pop
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- AgarSimri Bakhtiarpur mandal6,182 pop
- RampurSimri Bakhtiarpur mandal5,675 pop
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Other villages in Simri Bakhtiarpur 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, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-11
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)