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By population, Mathia Patarhatha ranks #130 of 140 villages in Barharia mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mathia Patarhatha is a village of 461 people in 75 households (Census 2011) in Barharia block, Siwan district, Bihar, the 130th-largest of 140 villages in Barharia block. Literacy is 32%, 26 points below the block average of 57% and the sex ratio is 921 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 841232, served by Barhria post office; the LGD village code is 231528. The sarpanch is KAMLESHWAR KUMAR SINGH, and the village votes in Warisnagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Manjarik Mrinal. The population is estimated at 544 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Hariharpur Lalgarh →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mathia Patarhatha · this village | 461 | 32% | — |
| Hariharpur Lalgarh · Barharia | 4,456 | 60% | — |
| Patarhatha · Barharia | 1,405 | 51% | — |
| Wasilpur · Barharia | 1,124 | 60% | — |
| Dharajpur · Barharia | 1,072 | 67% | — |
| Chainpur Alinagar · Barharia | 723 | 44% | — |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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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