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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MALA DEVI
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- LGD code
- 236772
- Pincode
- 848504
- Post office
- Patory
- Population
- 7,098
- Households
- 1,372
- Literacy rate
- 55.5%
- Sex ratio
- 853 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,035
जनगणना 2011 · तुलनेत
Maricha ची तुलना
By population, Maricha ranks #6 of 61 villages in Morwa mandal.
Literacy rate
%
55.5%
+5.5% vs mandal average
- Maricha
- 55.5%
- Morwa mandal
- 50.0%
- Samastipur district
- 50.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
853
−65 vs mandal average
- Maricha
- 853
- Morwa mandal
- 918
Household size
people per home
5.2
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Maricha
- 5.2
- Morwa mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Maricha एका दृष्टिक्षेपात
Maricha हे बिहारच्या समस्तीपूर जिल्ह्यातील Morwa ब्लॉकमधील 7,098 लोकसंख्येचे 1,372 कुटुंबांत (जनगणना 2011) गाव आहे, जे Morwa ब्लॉकमधील 61 गावांत 6वे मोठे आहे. साक्षरता 56% आहे, ब्लॉक सरासरी 50% पेक्षा 6 गुण जास्त आणि लिंग गुणोत्तर दर 1,000 पुरुषांमागे 853 स्त्रिया. पिनकोड 848504 आहे, Patory पोस्ट ऑफिसद्वारे; एलजीडी गाव कोड 236772 आहे. सरपंच MALA DEVI आहेत; गाव Alamnagar विधानसभा मतदारसंघात येते, आमदार Narendra Narayan Yadav. 2026 मध्ये अंदाजे लोकसंख्या 8,369, 2011 पेक्षा 18% जास्त.
ग्रामपंचायत: Maricha →
जवळच्या गावांची तुलना
शेजारी तुलना →| गाव | लोकसंख्या | साक्षरता | अंतर |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maricha · हे गाव | 7,098 | 56% | — |
| Bond Dih Dakhli · Morwa | 1,323 | 47% | — |
| Bond Dih Asli · Morwa | 632 | 64% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Maricha
- 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)
- 5
- Power hours (winter)
- 5
- 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
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SAMSATIPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 27
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 27
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Maricha
- Total area (ha)
- 376
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 200
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Maricha
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
मुख्य माहिती — Maricha
- LGD code
- 236772
- Pincode
- 848504
- Post office
- Patory
- Population (Census 2011)
- 7,098
- Population (projected 2026)
- 8,369
- Households
- 1,372
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 853
- Literacy rate
- 55.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Madhepura
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Alamnagar
- Member of Parliament
- Dinesh Chandra Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Narendra Narayan Yadav
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MALA DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Morwa
तोच पिनकोड
Villages sharing pincode 848504
- DhamaunPatori mandal17,144 pop
- Dharampur BandeMorwa mandal12,803 pop
- HasanpurPatori mandal11,969 pop
- Shahpur UndiPatori mandal9,181 pop
- HetanpurPatori mandal8,683 pop
- Hazrat ShiuraPatori mandal8,554 pop
- InaetpurPatori mandal7,305 pop
- Bahadurpur PatoriPatori mandal6,856 pop
- Tara DhamaunPatori mandal6,381 pop
तेच नाव, वेगळे ठिकाण
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Sources & freshness
- 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, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)