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- LGD code
- 220394
- Pincode
- 847222
- Post office
- Arerhat
- Population
- 5,585
- Households
- 1,031
- Literacy rate
- 46.6%
- Sex ratio
- 938 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,861
2011 கணக்கெடுப்பு · ஒப்பீட்டில்
Jafra ஒப்பீடு
By population, Jafra ranks #17 of 57 villages in Bisfi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
46.6%
+2.4% vs mandal average
- Jafra
- 46.6%
- Bisfi mandal
- 44.2%
- Madhubani district
- 48.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
938
+26 vs mandal average
- Jafra
- 938
- Bisfi mandal
- 912
Household size
people per home
5.4
+0.5 vs mandal average
- Jafra
- 5.4
- Bisfi mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jafra ஒரு பார்வையில்
Jafra பீகார், மதுபனி மாவட்டம், Bisfi வட்டாரம்ல் 5,585 பேர் 1,031 குடும்பங்களில் (2011 கணக்கெடுப்பு) வாழும் கிராமம், Bisfi வட்டாரம்ன் 57 கிராமங்களில் 17வது பெரியது. கல்வியறிவு 47%, வட்டாரம் சராசரி 44% விட 2 புள்ளிகள் அதிகம் மற்றும் பாலின விகிதம் 1,000 ஆண்களுக்கு 938 பெண்கள். அஞ்சல் குறியீடு 847222, Arerhat அஞ்சலகத்தின் கீழ்; LGD கிராமக் குறியீடு 220394. கிராமம் Bisfi சட்டமன்றத் தொகுதியில் உள்ளது, எம்எல்ஏ Asif Ahmad. 2026ல் மக்கள்தொகை 6,585 என மதிப்பிடப்படுகிறது, 2011ஐ விட 18% அதிகம்.
கிராம பஞ்சாயத்து: Jafra →
அருகிலுள்ள கிராமங்கள் ஒப்பீடு
அருகருகே ஒப்பிடு →| கிராமம் | மக்கள்தொகை | கல்வியறிவு | தூரம் |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jafra · இந்த கிராமம் | 5,585 | 47% | — |
| Belaunja · Bisfi | 4,510 | 61% | — |
| Mokadampur · Bisfi | 886 | 55% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Jafra
- 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)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 11
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- MADHUBANI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 18
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 22
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Jafra
- Total area (ha)
- 378.4
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 111.7
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Jafra
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
முக்கிய தகவல்கள் — Jafra
- LGD code
- 220394
- Pincode
- 847222
- Post office
- Arerhat
- Population (Census 2011)
- 5,585
- Population (projected 2026)
- 6,585
- Households
- 1,031
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 938
- Literacy rate
- 46.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Madhubani
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bisfi
- Member of Parliament
- Ashok Kumar Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Asif Ahmad
- Block / Mandal
- Bisfi
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)