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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
VIKASH KUMAR
Contact: 95****0554
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- LGD code
- 234986
- Pincode
- 844118
- Post office
- Goraul
- Population
- 5,094
- Households
- 937
- Literacy rate
- 60.3%
- Sex ratio
- 881 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,438
Census 2011 · in context
How Mohammadpur Pajha compares
By population, Mohammadpur Pajha ranks #7 of 88 villages in Goraul mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.3%
+4.9% vs mandal average
- Mohammadpur Pajha
- 60.3%
- Goraul mandal
- 55.4%
- Vaishali district
- 55.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
881
−26 vs mandal average
- Mohammadpur Pajha
- 881
- Goraul mandal
- 907
Household size
people per home
5.4
Same as the mandal average
- Mohammadpur Pajha
- 5.4
- Goraul mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mohammadpur Pajha at a glance
Mohammadpur Pajha is a village of 5,094 people in 937 households (Census 2011) in Goraul block, Vaishali district, Bihar, the 7th-largest of 88 villages in Goraul block. Literacy is 60%, 5 points above the block average of 55% and the sex ratio is 881 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 844118, served by Goraul post office; the LGD village code is 234986. The sarpanch is VIKASH KUMAR, and the village votes in Hasanpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Raj Kumar Ray. The population is estimated at 6,006 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Mohamadpur Pojha →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammadpur Pajha · this village | 5,094 | 60% | — |
| Malikpur · Goraul | 1,833 | 57% | — |
| Majirabad · Goraul | 1,016 | 68% | — |
| Madhurapur · Goraul | 899 | 58% | — |
| Rasulpur Hussain Dakhali · Goraul | 641 | 65% | — |
| Tal Berai · Goraul | 0 | — | — |
| Talverai Bechiragi · Goraul | — | — | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Mohammadpur Pajha
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 2
- Power hours (winter)
- 2
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 2
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- HAJIPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 30
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 9
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Mohammadpurpur Pojha
- Total area (ha)
- 301
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 147.6
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Mohammadpur Pajha
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Mohammadpur Pajha
- LGD code
- 234986
- Pincode
- 844118
- Post office
- Goraul
- Population (Census 2011)
- 5,094
- Population (projected 2026)
- 6,006
- Households
- 937
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 881
- Literacy rate
- 60.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khagaria
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Hasanpur
- Member of Parliament
- Rajesh Verma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Raj Kumar Ray
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- VIKASH KUMAR
- Block / Mandal
- Goraul
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 844118
- SandhodullahGoraul mandal12,736 pop
- Rasulpur KoirgawanGoraul mandal9,784 pop
- Bhualpur Urf BahadurpurGoraul mandal6,604 pop
- Piroi Urf Rasulpur ShamshuddinGoraul mandal5,929 pop
- Kanhauli Bishunpur ParsiGoraul mandal5,539 pop
- Goraul BhagwanpurGoraul mandal5,360 pop
- Pirapur MethuraGoraul mandal4,476 pop
- Rasulapur TurkiGoraul mandal4,385 pop
- Rasulpur Enayat Urf BabhantoliGoraul mandal4,035 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Mohammadpur Pajha
Other villages in Goraul mandal
View all 60+ →- Sandhodullah
- Rasulpur Koirgawan
- Bhualpur Urf Bahadurpur
- Piroi Urf Rasulpur Shamshuddin
- Kanhauli Bishunpur Parsi
- Goraul Bhagwanpur
- Pirapur Methura
- Rasulapur Turki
- Rasulpur Enayat Urf Babhantoli
- Katar Mala
- Adampur
- Baksawan
- Bhanpur Barewa
- Enayat Nagar Rasulpur
- Lodipur
- Bishunpur Bendi
- Bishunpur Bejha
- Rahsa Doew
- Sondho Ratti
- Mustafapur Harsher
- Ramdaspur Sundarpur Dina
- Shahpur Ghaus Urf Majhia
- Kanhauli Dhanraj
- Rajkhand
- Mirza Sadullah Urf Khatri Chak
- Sarmastpur Jhitkahi
- Belwar
- Mohammadpur Daria
- Manpur
- Chhitrauli Mahesh
- Rampur Bakhtaur
- Dharampur Sewakram
- Chehra Khurd Urf Rasulpur Hadi
- Malikpur
- Ismailpur
- Hasanpur Gangti
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)