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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SOMLAL HANSDA
Contact: 99****4411
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- LGD code
- 242314
- Pincode
- 814131
- Post office
- Chandan
- Population
- 346
- Households
- 75
- Literacy rate
- 12.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1000 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 190
Census 2011 · in context
How Tola Dunwa compares
By population, Tola Dunwa ranks #152 of 379 villages in Katoria mandal.
Literacy rate
%
12.1%
−25.4% vs mandal average
- Tola Dunwa
- 12.1%
- Katoria mandal
- 37.5%
- Banka district
- 47.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,000
+98 vs mandal average
- Tola Dunwa
- 1,000
- Katoria mandal
- 902
Household size
people per home
4.6
−1.0 vs mandal average
- Tola Dunwa
- 4.6
- Katoria mandal
- 5.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Tola Dunwa at a glance
Tola Dunwa is a village of 346 people in 75 households (Census 2011) in Katoria block, Banka district, Bihar, the 152nd-largest of 379 villages in Katoria block. Literacy is 12%, 25 points below the block average of 38% and the sex ratio is 1,000 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 814131, served by Chandan post office; the LGD village code is 242314. The sarpanch is SOMLAL HANSDA, and the village votes in Amarpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jayant Raj. The population is estimated at 408 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tola Dunwa · this village | 346 | 12% | — |
| 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 Dunwa
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DEOGHAR(JHARKHAND)
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 35
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 50
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 43
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Jaipur
- Total area (ha)
- 93
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 60
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Tola Dunwa
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Tola Dunwa
- LGD code
- 242314
- Pincode
- 814131
- Post office
- Chandan
- Population (Census 2011)
- 346
- Population (projected 2026)
- 408
- Households
- 75
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1000
- Literacy rate
- 12.1%
- 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
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 814131
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Tola Dunwa
Other villages in Katoria mandal
View all 60+ →- Katoria
- Mothabari
- Kathaum
- Domsarni
- Harhar
- Maheshmara
- Tola Mania
- Barbasni
- Belauni
- Tola Jamdaha Khas
- Tola Bhori Simar
- Baghmari
- Satiari
- Tola Basmata
- Bhhalbehri
- Tola Rikhia Rajdah
- Tola Bhorsar Khas
- Tola Phata Pathar
- Tola Ghormara
- Tola Narainpur
- Tola Bhelwa
- Tola Jaipur
- Dewasi
- Tola Parman
- Tola Dhanbaran
- Tola Lakarma
- Tola Hethgar
- Tola Siktia
- Tola Jamua
- Tola Titibaran
- Tola Chanauthar
- Bhalua
- Tola Tasaria
- Tola Kolahasar
- Makna
- Tola Targachha
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)