Mahua observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
Mahua is a village in Barahat mandal, Banka district, Bihar, with a population of 4,855 across 928 households. The village has a literacy rate of 46.1% and is located at 25.814°N, 85.398°E with PIN code 813103.
By population, Mahua ranks #9 of 73 villages in Barahat mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mahua is a village of 4,855 people in 928 households (Census 2011) in Barahat block, Banka district, Bihar, the 9th-largest of 73 villages in Barahat block. Literacy is 46%, 3 points below the block average of 49% and the sex ratio is 886 women per 1,000 men. It lies 104 km from the Banka district centre, 9 km from Raja Pakar, the nearest town, 11 km from Bithauli railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 813103, served by Barahat post office; the LGD village code is 241204. The nearest hospital or health centre is Chanchal Suman Hospital, <1 km away. The sarpanch is GEETA DEVI, and the village votes in Ujiarpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Alok Kumar Mehta. The population is estimated at 851 in 2026, down 82% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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