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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
NAINPATI DEVI
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- LGD code
- 232205
- Pincode
- 841239
- Post office
- Mairwa
- Population
- 498
- Households
- 91
- Literacy rate
- 54.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1075 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 141
Census 2011 · in context
How Jhajhaur compares
By population, Jhajhaur ranks #79 of 105 villages in Guthani mandal.
Literacy rate
%
54.2%
−5.6% vs mandal average
- Jhajhaur
- 54.2%
- Guthani mandal
- 59.8%
- Siwan district
- 58.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,075
+81 vs mandal average
- Jhajhaur
- 1,075
- Guthani mandal
- 994
Household size
people per home
5.5
−0.5 vs mandal average
- Jhajhaur
- 5.5
- Guthani mandal
- 6.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jhajhaur at a glance
Jhajhaur is a village of 498 people in 91 households (Census 2011) in Guthani block, Siwan district, Bihar, the 79th-largest of 105 villages in Guthani block. Literacy is 54%, 6 points below the block average of 60% and the sex ratio is 1,075 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 841239, served by Mairwa post office; the LGD village code is 232205. The sarpanch is NAINPATI DEVI, and the village votes in Barhara assembly constituency, represented by MLA Raghvendra Pratap Singh. The population is estimated at 587 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Jhajhaur
- 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
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- MAIRWA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 8
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 11
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Biswar
- Total area (ha)
- 83
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 54.6
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Jhajhaur
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Key facts — Jhajhaur
- LGD code
- 232205
- Pincode
- 841239
- Post office
- Mairwa
- Population (Census 2011)
- 498
- Population (projected 2026)
- 587
- Households
- 91
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1075
- Literacy rate
- 54.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Arrah
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Barhara
- Member of Parliament
- Sudama Prasad
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Raghvendra Pratap Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- NAINPATI DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Guthani
- Nearest railway station
- Bakulha (13.3 km)
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- 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, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)