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By population, Tola Biradih ranks #282 of 379 villages in Katoria mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Tola Biradih is a village of 78 people in 13 households (Census 2011) in Katoria block, Banka district, Bihar, the 282nd-largest of 379 villages in Katoria block. Literacy is 68%, 30 points above the block average of 38% and the sex ratio is 733 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 813106, served by Katoria post office; the LGD village code is 242054. The sarpanch is RANI KUMARI, and the village votes in Amarpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jayant Raj. The population is estimated at 92 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Jamdaha →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tola Biradih · this village | 78 | 68% | — |
| Tola Jamdaha Khas · Katoria | 2,891 | 61% | — |
| Tola Parman · Katoria | 1,405 | 49% | — |
| Tola Jamua · Katoria | 1,240 | 21% | — |
| Tola Medha · Katoria | 999 | 72% | — |
| Tola Nakti · Katoria | 811 | 15% | — |
| Tola Rampur · Katoria | 705 | 48% | — |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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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