Patwa is a village in Dhuraiya mandal, Banka district, Bihar, with a population of 2,124 across 418 households. The village has a literacy rate of 71% and is located at coordinates 24.818°N, 87.130°E with postal code 813109.
By population, Patwa ranks #34 of 222 villages in Dhuraiya mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Patwa is a village of 2,124 people in 418 households (Census 2011) in Dhuraiya block, Banka district, Bihar, the 34th-largest of 222 villages in Dhuraiya block. Literacy is 71%, 24 points above the block average, and the sex ratio is 842 women per 1,000 men. It lies 108 km from the Banka district centre, 24 km from Gaura, the nearest town, 6 km from Godda railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 813109, served by Punsia post office; the LGD village code is 240940. The nearest hospital or health centre is Primary Health Centre, Motia, 1 km away. The sarpanch is NIBHA DEVI, and the village votes in Beldaur assembly constituency, represented by Panna Lal Singh Patel. The population is estimated at 2,504 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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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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