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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RANI DEVI
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- LGD code
- 260904
- Pincode
- 804421
- Post office
- Kurtha
- Population
- 7,279
- Households
- 1,233
- Literacy rate
- 50.4%
- Sex ratio
- 959 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,365
జనగణన 2011 · పోలిక
Nighwan ఇతరులతో పోలిస్తే
By population, Nighwan ranks #1 of 72 villages in Kurtha mandal — the largest.
Literacy rate
%
50.4%
−1.4% vs mandal average
- Nighwan
- 50.4%
- Kurtha mandal
- 51.8%
- Arwal district
- 55.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
959
+34 vs mandal average
- Nighwan
- 959
- Kurtha mandal
- 925
Household size
people per home
5.9
Same as the mandal average
- Nighwan
- 5.9
- Kurtha mandal
- 5.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Nighwan ఒక్క చూపులో
Nighwan Biharలోని Arwal జిల్లా, Kurtha బ్లాక్లో 7,279 జనాభా 1,233 కుటుంబాలలో (జనగణన 2011) గల గ్రామం, Kurtha బ్లాక్లోని 72 గ్రామాలలో అతిపెద్దది. అక్షరాస్యత 50%, బ్లాక్ సగటు 52% కంటే 1 పాయింట్లు తక్కువ మరియు లింగ నిష్పత్తి ప్రతి 1,000 పురుషులకు 959 మహిళలు. పిన్కోడ్ 804421, Kurtha పోస్టాఫీసు పరిధిలో; LGD గ్రామ కోడ్ 260904. సర్పంచ్ RANI DEVI; గ్రామం Hasanpur అసెంబ్లీ నియోజకవర్గంలో ఉంది, ఎమ్మెల్యే Raj Kumar Ray. 2026లో జనాభా సుమారు 8,582, 2011 జనగణన కంటే 18% ఎక్కువ.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Nighwan
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 4
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- ARWAL
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 40
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- NIDHWAN
- Total area (ha)
- 600
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 315
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Nighwan
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
ముఖ్య వివరాలు — Nighwan
- LGD code
- 260904
- Pincode
- 804421
- Post office
- Kurtha
- Population (Census 2011)
- 7,279
- Population (projected 2026)
- 8,582
- Households
- 1,233
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 959
- Literacy rate
- 50.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khagaria
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Hasanpur
- Member of Parliament
- Rajesh Verma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Raj Kumar Ray
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RANI DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Kurtha
అదే పిన్కోడ్
Villages sharing pincode 804421
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Nighwan
Kurtha మండలంలోని ఇతర గ్రామాలు
View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)