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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Lerua is a village in Maharajganj mandal, Siwan district, Bihar, with a population of 3,604 and 595 households. The village has a literacy rate of 51.3% and is situated at coordinates 24.914°N, 84.099°E with postal code 841406.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MANOJ KUNWAR
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- LGD code
- 231851
- Pincode
- 841406
- Post office
- Basantpur (Siwan)
- Population
- 3,604
- Households
- 595
- Literacy rate
- 51.3%
- Sex ratio
- 973 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 999
- Distance to district centre
- 176 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 158 km
- Distance to Patna
- 129 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 506 km
- Nearest railway station
- Karwandia · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Narayan Medical College And Hospital · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Lerua compares
By population, Lerua ranks #12 of 71 villages in Maharajganj mandal.
Literacy rate
%
51.3%
−4.7% vs mandal average
- Lerua
- 51.3%
- Maharajganj mandal
- 56.0%
- Siwan district
- 58.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
973
−57 vs mandal average
- Lerua
- 973
- Maharajganj mandal
- 1,030
Household size
people per home
6.1
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Lerua
- 6.1
- Maharajganj mandal
- 6.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Lerua at a glance
Lerua is a village of 3,604 people in 595 households (Census 2011) in Maharajganj block, Siwan district, Bihar, the 12th-largest of 71 villages in Maharajganj block. Literacy is 51%, 5 points below the block average of 56% and the sex ratio is 973 women per 1,000 men. It lies 176 km from the Siwan district centre, 6 km from Semra, the nearest town, 4 km from Karwandia railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 841406, served by Basantpur (Siwan) post office; the LGD village code is 231851. The nearest hospital or health centre is Narayan Medical College And Hospital, 3 km away. The sarpanch is MANOJ KUNWAR, and the village votes in Raja Pakar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mahendra Ram. The population is estimated at 4,249 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Lerua
- 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
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 5
- Power hours (winter)
- 3
- Primary school
- 2
- 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
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- MAHARAJGANJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 13
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 32
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Blaua
- Total area (ha)
- 234.29
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 200
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Lerua
- LGD code
- 231851
- Pincode
- 841406
- Post office
- Basantpur (Siwan)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,604
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,249
- Households
- 595
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 973
- Literacy rate
- 51.3%
- Coordinates
- 24.91396°N, 84.09944°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hajipur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Raja Pakar
- Member of Parliament
- Chirag Paswan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Mahendra Ram
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MANOJ KUNWAR
- Block / Mandal
- Maharajganj
Getting there
How to reach Lerua
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna129 kmcapital
- Kolkata506 km
- Delhi798 km
- Hyderabad1019 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKarwandia4 km
- Bus stopLahuara Bus Stop23 km
- Hospital / PHCNarayan Medical College And Hospital3 km
- ATM / bankPunjab National Bank13 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil5 km
- CollegeJawaharlal Nehru College6 km
- Police stationKudra Police Station34 km
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Lerua
1 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🏫Dhenuka International SchoolSchool3.3 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, 2026-09-21
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