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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Paharpur is a village in Mahua mandal, Vaishali district, Bihar, with a population of 2,395 across 400 households. The village has a literacy rate of 51.3% and is located at coordinates 24.877°N, 88.112°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
nirmala ray
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- LGD code
- 235237
- Pincode
- 844122
- Post office
- Mahuwa
- Population
- 2,395
- Households
- 400
- Literacy rate
- 51.3%
- Sex ratio
- 896 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 615
- Distance to district centre
- 236 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 157 km
- Distance to Patna
- 310 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 258 km
- Nearest railway station
- Jamirghata · 6 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Narayanpur Rural Hospital · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Paharpur compares
By population, Paharpur ranks #38 of 137 villages in Mahua mandal.
Literacy rate
%
51.3%
−4.7% vs mandal average
Paharpur51.3%
Mahua mandal56.0%
Vaishali district55.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
896
+1 vs mandal average
Paharpur896
Mahua mandal895
Household size
people per home
6.0
+0.3 vs mandal average
Paharpur6.0
Mahua mandal5.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Paharpur at a glance
Paharpur is a village of 2,395 people in 400 households (Census 2011) in Mahua block, Vaishali district, Bihar, the 38th-largest of 137 villages in Mahua block. Literacy is 51%, 5 points below the block average of 56% and the sex ratio is 896 women per 1,000 men. It lies 236 km from the Vaishali district centre, 0 km from Paharpur, the nearest town, 6 km from Jamirghata railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 844122, served by Mahuwa post office; the LGD village code is 235237. The nearest hospital or health centre is Narayanpur Rural Hospital, 4 km away. The sarpanch is nirmala ray, and the village votes in Beldaur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Panna Lal Singh Patel. The population is estimated at 2,314 in 2026, down 3% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Paharpur
- 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)
- 9
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- HAJIPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 23
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 23
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 7
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Mangurahi
- Total area (ha)
- 170
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 52.5
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Paharpur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Paharpur
- LGD code
- 235237
- Pincode
- 844122
- Post office
- Mahuwa
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,395
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,314
- Households
- 400
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 896
- Literacy rate
- 51.3%
- Coordinates
- 24.87696°N, 88.11168°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khagaria
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Beldaur
- Member of Parliament
- Rajesh Verma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Panna Lal Singh Patel
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- nirmala ray
- Block / Mandal
- Mahua
Getting there
How to reach Paharpur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna310 kmcapital
- Kolkata258 km
- Delhi1159 km
- Hyderabad1299 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationJamirghata6 km
- Hospital / PHCNarayanpur Rural Hospital4 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil15 km
- CollegeD.N.C. College30 km
- Police stationKaliachak Police Station10 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Paharpur
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Ramkeli Madanmohan Jiu templeTemple2.2 km ↗
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-08
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)