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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SOMLAL HANSDA
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- LGD code
- 242271
- Pincode
- 813106
- Post office
- Katoria
- Population
- 112
- Households
- 14
- Literacy rate
- 47.3%
- Sex ratio
- 965 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 29
Census 2011 · in context
How Tola Bichgarha compares
By population, Tola Bichgarha ranks #265 of 379 villages in Katoria mandal.
Literacy rate
%
47.3%
+9.8% vs mandal average
- Tola Bichgarha
- 47.3%
- Katoria mandal
- 37.5%
- Banka district
- 47.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
965
+63 vs mandal average
- Tola Bichgarha
- 965
- Katoria mandal
- 902
Household size
people per home
8.0
+2.4 vs mandal average
- Tola Bichgarha
- 8.0
- Katoria mandal
- 5.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Tola Bichgarha at a glance
Tola Bichgarha is a village of 112 people in 14 households (Census 2011) in Katoria block, Banka district, Bihar, the 265th-largest of 379 villages in Katoria block. Literacy is 47%, 10 points above the block average of 38% and the sex ratio is 965 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 813106, served by Katoria post office; the LGD village code is 242271. The sarpanch is SOMLAL HANSDA, and the village votes in Amarpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jayant Raj. The population is estimated at 132 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tola Bichgarha · this village | 112 | 47% | — |
| Tola Uparchakmaria · Katoria | 695 | 48% | — |
| Tola Dharwa · Katoria | 639 | 31% | — |
| Tola Katiari · Katoria | 633 | 33% | — |
| Tola Letwajangal Pura · Katoria | 629 | 21% | — |
| Tola Bathnabaran Bagjaura · Katoria | 560 | 25% | — |
| Tola Baradbehra · Katoria | 458 | 44% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Tola Bichgarha
- 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)
- 2
- Power hours (winter)
- 1
- Primary school
- 0
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DEOGHAR(JHARKHAND)
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 52
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 26
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Katiyari
- Total area (ha)
- 42.4
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 28.4
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Tola Bichgarha
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Key facts — Tola Bichgarha
- LGD code
- 242271
- Pincode
- 813106
- Post office
- Katoria
- Population (Census 2011)
- 112
- Population (projected 2026)
- 132
- Households
- 14
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 965
- Literacy rate
- 47.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Banka
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Amarpur
- Member of Parliament
- Giridhari Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Jayant Raj
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SOMLAL HANSDA
- Block / Mandal
- Katoria
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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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)