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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
NISHA DEVI
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- LGD code
- 236631
- Pincode
- 848115
- Post office
- Dighra
- Population
- 12,038
- Households
- 2,339
- Literacy rate
- 60.5%
- Sex ratio
- 948 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 3,264
Census 2011 · in context
How Chandauli compares
By population, Chandauli ranks #1 of 37 villages in Pusa mandal — the largest.
Literacy rate
%
60.5%
+0.6% vs mandal average
- Chandauli
- 60.5%
- Pusa mandal
- 59.9%
- Samastipur district
- 50.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
948
+40 vs mandal average
- Chandauli
- 948
- Pusa mandal
- 908
Household size
people per home
5.1
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Chandauli
- 5.1
- Pusa mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chandauli at a glance
Chandauli is a village of 12,038 people in 2,339 households (Census 2011) in Pusa block, Samastipur district, Bihar, the largest of 37 villages in Pusa block. Literacy is 61%, about the same as the block average of 60% and the sex ratio is 948 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 848115, served by Dighra post office; the LGD village code is 236631. The sarpanch is NISHA DEVI, and the village votes in Samastipur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ashwamedh Devi. The population is estimated at 14,193 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chandauli
- 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)
- 3
- Power hours (winter)
- 3
- Primary school
- 4
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 1
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- 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
- SAMASTIPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 11
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 11
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 13
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Chandauli
- Total area (ha)
- 763
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 500
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chandauli
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chandauli
- LGD code
- 236631
- Pincode
- 848115
- Post office
- Dighra
- Population (Census 2011)
- 12,038
- Population (projected 2026)
- 14,193
- Households
- 2,339
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 948
- Literacy rate
- 60.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Samastipur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Samastipur
- Member of Parliament
- Shambhavi Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ashwamedh Devi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- NISHA DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Pusa
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 848115
- Bishunpur BathuaPusa mandal5,726 pop
- Dharmagalpur BathuaPusa mandal4,512 pop
- Rup Naraenpur BelaSamastipur mandal3,786 pop
- Kajia BishunpurPusa mandal3,515 pop
- Kewas JagirSamastipur mandal3,357 pop
- ThahraPusa mandal3,060 pop
- Raghunadhpur BelaSamastipur mandal2,784 pop
- DighraPusa mandal2,678 pop
- Chak HajiSamastipur mandal2,636 pop
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Other villages named Chandauli
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- ChandauliUjiarpur · Samastipur, Bihar5,086 pop
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Other villages in Pusa mandal
View all 36 →- Harpur Pusa
- Mahamadpur Kuori
- Morsand
- Chakla Waini
- Harpur Mohamda
- Bishunpur Bathua
- Kubauli Ram
- Bhagwanpurwaini Urf Gangapur
- Dhobgawan
- Dharmagalpur Bathua
- Mahamadpur Deopar
- Sri Rampur Ajodhya
- Kajia Bishunpur
- Madapur Chhapra
- Thahra
- Pusa Mahamadpur Deopar
- Dighra
- Gopalpur
- Malikorh
- Khaira
- Mahamadpur Birauli
- Jagdishpur
- Birauli Khurd
- Pusa Deopur
- Patepur Gopinath
- Gaura Kalyanpur
- Nawa Chak
- Madhopur Khairi
- Repura
- Chak Abdullah, Urf Milki
- Naraenpur Khairi
- Sekhopur
- Bishunpur Dimangra
- Bishunpur Birauli
- Bhairo Patti
- Naraenpur
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)