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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Maria is a small village in Pothia mandal, Kishanganj district, Bihar, with a population of 723 across 144 households. The village has a literacy rate of 45% and is located at coordinates 25.457°N, 87.799°E under PIN code 855117.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
ABDUL TAWAB
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- LGD code
- 222608
- Pincode
- 855117
- Post office
- Taiyabpur
- Population
- 723
- Households
- 144
- Literacy rate
- 45%
- Sex ratio
- 1031 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 226
- Distance to district centre
- 57 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 65 km
- Distance to Patna
- 267 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 326 km
- Nearest railway station
- Babhabgaon Halt · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Harishchandrapur Rural Hospital · 10 km
2011 സെൻസസ് · താരതമ്യത്തിൽ
Maria താരതമ്യം
By population, Maria ranks #97 of 149 villages in Pothia mandal.
Literacy rate
%
45.0%
+4.2% vs mandal average
- Maria
- 45.0%
- Pothia mandal
- 40.8%
- Kishanganj district
- 44.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,031
+98 vs mandal average
- Maria
- 1,031
- Pothia mandal
- 933
Household size
people per home
5.0
Same as the mandal average
- Maria
- 5.0
- Pothia mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Maria ഒറ്റനോട്ടത്തിൽ
Maria ബിഹാർയിലെ കൃഷ്ണഗഞ്ച് ജില്ല, Pothia ബ്ലോക്ക്ൽ 723 പേർ 144 കുടുംബങ്ങളിൽ (2011 സെൻസസ്) താമസിക്കുന്ന ഗ്രാമമാണ്, Pothia ബ്ലോക്ക്ലെ 149 ഗ്രാമങ്ങളിൽ വലുപ്പത്തിൽ 97-ാമത്. സാക്ഷരത 45%, ബ്ലോക്ക് ശരാശരി 41% നേക്കാൾ 4 പോയിന്റ് കൂടുതൽ ലിംഗാനുപാതം 1,000 പുരുഷന്മാർക്ക് 1,031 സ്ത്രീകൾ. ഇത് കൃഷ്ണഗഞ്ച് ജില്ലാ ആസ്ഥാനത്തു നിന്ന് 57 കി.മീ, അടുത്ത പട്ടണമായ Uttar Harishchandrapurൽ നിന്ന് 9 കി.മീ, Babhabgaon Halt റെയിൽവേ സ്റ്റേഷനിൽ നിന്ന് 2 കി.മീ സ്ഥിതി ചെയ്യുന്നു (നേർരേഖ ദൂരം). പിൻകോഡ് 855117, Taiyabpur പോസ്റ്റ് ഓഫീസിന് കീഴിൽ; LGD ഗ്രാമ കോഡ് 222608. ഏറ്റവും അടുത്ത ആശുപത്രി Harishchandrapur Rural Hospital, 10 കി.മീ അകലെ. പ്രസിഡന്റ് ABDUL TAWAB; ഗ്രാമം Dhamdaha നിയമസഭാ മണ്ഡലത്തിലാണ്, എംഎൽഎ Leshi Singh. 2026ൽ ജനസംഖ്യ ഏകദേശം 852, 2011നെക്കാൾ 18% കൂടുതൽ.
ഗ്രാമപഞ്ചായത്ത്: Koltha →
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Maria
- 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)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- THAKURGANJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 18
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 27
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 6
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KOLTHA
- Total area (ha)
- 197.37
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 32.23
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Maria
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
പ്രധാന വിവരങ്ങൾ — Maria
- LGD code
- 222608
- Pincode
- 855117
- Post office
- Taiyabpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 723
- Population (projected 2026)
- 852
- Households
- 144
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1031
- Literacy rate
- 45.0%
- Coordinates
- 25.45666°N, 87.79907°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Purnia
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhamdaha
- Member of Parliament
- Pappu Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Leshi Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- ABDUL TAWAB
- Block / Mandal
- Pothia
- Nearest post office
- Post Office Gangi Hat (85.2 km)
എത്തിച്ചേരാൻ
Maria എങ്ങനെ എത്താം
Nearest town · 15,443 people
Uttar Harishchandrapur · ≈ 9.2 km
≈ 19 min by car · 22 min by bike
Directionsനഗരങ്ങളിലേക്കുള്ള ദൂരം · നേർരേഖ
- Patna267 kmcapital
- Kolkata326 km
- Delhi1106 km
- Hyderabad1316 km
തരം അനുസരിച്ച് ഏറ്റവും അടുത്തത്
- Railway stationBabhabgaon Halt2 km
- Bus stopBagalbari19 km
- Hospital / PHCHarishchandrapur Rural Hospital10 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India24 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Petrol Pump26 km
- CollegeD S College23 km
- Police stationNaka No 2(Police Station)25 km
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-10
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)