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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Teghra is a village in Maharajganj mandal, Siwan district, Bihar, with a population of 2,986 across 476 households. The village has a literacy rate of 57.7% and is located at coordinates 25.492°N, 85.943°E with postal code 841406.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
KANHAIYA RAY
Contact: 96****7772
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- LGD code
- 231835
- Pincode
- 841406
- Post office
- Basantpur (Siwan)
- Population
- 2,986
- Households
- 476
- Literacy rate
- 57.7%
- Sex ratio
- 886 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 817
- Distance to district centre
- 78 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 57 km
- Distance to Patna
- 82 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 407 km
- Nearest railway station
- Teghra · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Railway Hospital , Barauni · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Teghra compares
By population, Teghra ranks #22 of 71 villages in Maharajganj mandal.
Literacy rate
%
57.7%
+1.7% vs mandal average
Teghra57.7%
Maharajganj mandal56.0%
Siwan district58.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
886
−144 vs mandal average
Teghra886
Maharajganj mandal1,030
Household size
people per home
6.3
+0.3 vs mandal average
Teghra6.3
Maharajganj mandal6.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Teghra at a glance
Teghra is a village of 2,986 people in 476 households (Census 2011) in Maharajganj block, Siwan district, Bihar, the 22nd-largest of 71 villages in Maharajganj block. Literacy is 58%, 2 points above the block average of 56% and the sex ratio is 886 women per 1,000 men. It lies 78 km from the Siwan district centre, 6 km from Barauni, the nearest town, 2 km from Teghra railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 841406, served by Basantpur (Siwan) post office; the LGD village code is 231835. The nearest hospital or health centre is Railway Hospital , Barauni, 5 km away. The sarpanch is KANHAIYA RAY, and the village votes in Raja Pakar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mahendra Ram. The population is estimated at 3,520 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Teghra
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 7
- 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
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- MAHARAJGANJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 3
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 20
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 6
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Teghara
- Total area (ha)
- 149.96
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 130
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Teghra
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Teghra
- LGD code
- 231835
- Pincode
- 841406
- Post office
- Basantpur (Siwan)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,986
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,520
- Households
- 476
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 886
- Literacy rate
- 57.7%
- Coordinates
- 25.49201°N, 85.94260°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hajipur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Raja Pakar
- Member of Parliament
- Chirag Paswan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Mahendra Ram
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- KANHAIYA RAY
- Block / Mandal
- Maharajganj
Getting there
How to reach Teghra
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna82 kmcapital
- Kolkata407 km
- Delhi932 km
- Hyderabad1186 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationTeghra2 km
- Bus stopRani11 km
- Hospital / PHCRailway Hospital , Barauni5 km
- ATM / bankSBI,RBO18 km
- Petrol pumpLPG gas station14 km
- CollegeG.D College20 km
- Police stationBachhawara11 km
Same pincode
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- SurajpuraBasantpur mandal5,914 pop
- BasantpurBasantpur mandal5,684 pop
- TakipurMaharajganj mandal5,643 pop
- JigrawnMaharajganj mandal4,645 pop
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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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)