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By population, Parmanandpur ranks #11 of 99 villages in Sonepur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Parmanandpur is a village of 6,029 people in 930 households (Census 2011) in Sonepur block, Saran district, Bihar, the 11th-largest of 99 villages in Sonepur block. Literacy is 50%, 3 points below the block average of 53% and the sex ratio is 859 women per 1,000 men. It lies 142 km from the Saran district centre, 8 km from Patraha, the nearest town, 16 km from Lalitgram railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 841101, served by Sonepur (Saran) post office; the LGD village code is 234509. The nearest hospital or health centre is Balua Bazar, 11 km away. The village votes in Alauli assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ram Chandra Sada. The population is estimated at 7,108 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Permanand Pur →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parmanandpur · this village | 6,029 | 50% | — |
| Parmanandpur · Vaishali | 2,464 | 54% | 0 km N |
| Parmanandpur · Musahri | 1,232 | 59% | 0 km N |
| Parmanandpur · Basantpur | 3,858 | 44% | 0 km N |
| Parmanandpur · Sultanganj | 0 | — | 0 km N |
| Parmanandpur · Buxar | 0 | — | 0 km N |
| Parmanandpur · Kharagpur | 211 | 48% | 0 km N |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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