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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
JAMANI DEVI
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- LGD code
- 222518
- Pincode
- 855101
- Post office
- Bahadurganj (Kishanganj)
- Population
- 2,847
- Households
- 625
- Literacy rate
- 50.9%
- Sex ratio
- 953 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 840
జనగణన 2011 · పోలిక
Fala ఇతరులతో పోలిస్తే
By population, Fala ranks #30 of 149 villages in Pothia mandal.
Literacy rate
%
50.9%
+10.1% vs mandal average
- Fala
- 50.9%
- Pothia mandal
- 40.8%
- Kishanganj district
- 44.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
953
+20 vs mandal average
- Fala
- 953
- Pothia mandal
- 933
Household size
people per home
4.6
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Fala
- 4.6
- Pothia mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Fala ఒక్క చూపులో
Fala బీహార్లోని కిషన్గంజ్ జిల్లా, Pothia బ్లాక్లో 2,847 జనాభా 625 కుటుంబాలలో (జనగణన 2011) గల గ్రామం, Pothia బ్లాక్లోని 149 గ్రామాలలో 30వ పెద్దది. అక్షరాస్యత 51%, బ్లాక్ సగటు 41% కంటే 10 పాయింట్లు ఎక్కువ మరియు లింగ నిష్పత్తి ప్రతి 1,000 పురుషులకు 953 మహిళలు. పిన్కోడ్ 855101, Bahadurganj (Kishanganj) పోస్టాఫీసు పరిధిలో; LGD గ్రామ కోడ్ 222518. సర్పంచ్ JAMANI DEVI; గ్రామం Dhamdaha అసెంబ్లీ నియోజకవర్గంలో ఉంది, ఎమ్మెల్యే Leshi Singh. 2026లో జనాభా సుమారు 3,357, 2011 జనగణన కంటే 18% ఎక్కువ.
గ్రామ పంచాయతీ: Fala →
సమీప గ్రామాల పోలిక
పక్కపక్కన పోల్చండి →| గ్రామం | జనాభా | అక్షరాస్యత | దూరం |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fala · ఈ గ్రామం | 2,847 | 51% | — |
| Jalalpur · Pothia | 2,148 | 48% | — |
| Barapokhar · Pothia | 1,593 | 60% | — |
| Panighatta · Pothia | 1,228 | 56% | — |
| Chitma · Pothia | 1,182 | 53% | — |
| Gilhabari · Pothia | 589 | 57% | — |
| Purandarpur · Pothia | 584 | 46% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Fala
- 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
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 5
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- THAKURGANJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 9
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 50
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- FALA
- Total area (ha)
- 540.03
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 79.14
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Fala
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
ముఖ్య వివరాలు — Fala
- LGD code
- 222518
- Pincode
- 855101
- Post office
- Bahadurganj (Kishanganj)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,847
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,357
- Households
- 625
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 953
- Literacy rate
- 50.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Purnia
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhamdaha
- Member of Parliament
- Pappu Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Leshi Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- JAMANI DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Pothia
- Nearest post office
- Post Office Gangi Hat (67.0 km)
అదే పిన్కోడ్
Villages sharing pincode 855101
- LachhmipurDighalbank mandal11,416 pop
- TulshiaDighalbank mandal10,501 pop
- BhaurdahBahadurganj mandal10,122 pop
- MatiariTerhagachh mandal8,947 pop
- DahibhatDighalbank mandal8,344 pop
- Sat KauwaDighalbank mandal8,112 pop
- BangaonBahadurganj mandal8,056 pop
- GangiBahadurganj mandal7,857 pop
- Dighal BankDighalbank mandal7,324 pop
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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, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)