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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
LAKHIYA DEVI
Contact: 95****7173
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- LGD code
- 236742
- Pincode
- 848505
- Post office
- P.Pur Halai
- Population
- 4,283
- Households
- 840
- Literacy rate
- 51.3%
- Sex ratio
- 886 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,109
Census 2011 · in context
How Mahmudpur compares
By population, Mahmudpur ranks #14 of 61 villages in Morwa mandal.
Literacy rate
%
51.3%
+1.3% vs mandal average
- Mahmudpur
- 51.3%
- Morwa mandal
- 50.0%
- Samastipur district
- 50.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
886
−32 vs mandal average
- Mahmudpur
- 886
- Morwa mandal
- 918
Household size
people per home
5.1
Same as the mandal average
- Mahmudpur
- 5.1
- Morwa mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mahmudpur at a glance
Mahmudpur is a village of 4,283 people in 840 households (Census 2011) in Morwa block, Samastipur district, Bihar, the 14th-largest of 61 villages in Morwa block. Literacy is 51%, 1 points above the block average of 50% and the sex ratio is 886 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 848505, served by P.Pur Halai post office; the LGD village code is 236742. The sarpanch is LAKHIYA DEVI , and the village votes in Alamnagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Narendra Narayan Yadav. The population is estimated at 5,050 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Banbeera →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mahmudpur · this village | 4,283 | 51% | — |
| Banbira · Morwa | 6,224 | 52% | — |
| Halai · Morwa | 2,139 | 46% | — |
| Bangora · Morwa | 1,010 | 48% | — |
| Banwaripur Urf Mahamadpur · Morwa | 743 | 48% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Mahmudpur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 2
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- SAMSATIPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 24
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 24
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Banbira
- Total area (ha)
- 98
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 69.79
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Mahmudpur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Mahmudpur
- LGD code
- 236742
- Pincode
- 848505
- Post office
- P.Pur Halai
- Population (Census 2011)
- 4,283
- Population (projected 2026)
- 5,050
- Households
- 840
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 886
- Literacy rate
- 51.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Madhepura
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Alamnagar
- Member of Parliament
- Dinesh Chandra Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Narendra Narayan Yadav
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- LAKHIYA DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Morwa
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 848505
- SarangpurMorwa mandal15,379 pop
- DarwaPatori mandal10,168 pop
- Rupauli BuzrugSarairanjan mandal9,818 pop
- Raepur BuzurgSarairanjan mandal9,124 pop
- Bishunpur IsufSarairanjan mandal7,248 pop
- GangsaraSarairanjan mandal6,868 pop
- BanbiraMorwa mandal6,224 pop
- KhalispurSarairanjan mandal6,001 pop
- AhmadpurSarairanjan mandal5,846 pop
Same name, different place
Other villages named Mahmudpur
Looking for a different Mahmudpur? The largest eight this name across India. All villages named Mahmudpur →
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- MahmudpurSaidpur · Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh1,102 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Mahmudpur
Other villages in Morwa mandal
View all 60+ →- Morwa
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- Dharampur Bande
- Harpurbhindi
- Chak Pahar
- Maricha
- Chak Sikandar
- Gunai Basti
- Banbira
- Kesho Naraenpur
- Larua
- Songar
- Indar Wara
- Jitwarpur Bhuskhara
- Nikaspur
- Chaklal Sahi
- Reriati Urf Kutubpur
- Kamtaul
- Raghunathpur
- Kumaia
- Mirzapur
- Dharampur Dakhli
- Kaua
- Bazidpur Karnai
- Halai
- Chak Jalal
- Umaidpur
- Chakbheli
- Nisfi
- Gorhiari
- Bishunpur
- Chandauli
- Husainipur
- Rajwara
- Amritpur
- Pachbhinda
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)