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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
sanju kumari
Contact: 97****5100
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- LGD code
- 237995
- Pincode
- 851210
- Post office
- Mahna
- Population
- 11,200
- Households
- 2,016
- Literacy rate
- 54.9%
- Sex ratio
- 887 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,601
Census 2011 · in context
How Papraur compares
By population, Papraur ranks #3 of 86 villages in Barauni mandal.
Literacy rate
%
54.9%
+1.9% vs mandal average
- Papraur
- 54.9%
- Barauni mandal
- 53.0%
- Begusarai district
- 52.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
887
−2 vs mandal average
- Papraur
- 887
- Barauni mandal
- 889
Household size
people per home
5.6
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Papraur
- 5.6
- Barauni mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Papraur at a glance
Papraur is a village of 11,200 people in 2,016 households (Census 2011) in Barauni block, Begusarai district, Bihar, the 3rd-largest of 86 villages in Barauni block. Literacy is 55%, 2 points above the block average of 53% and the sex ratio is 887 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 851210, served by Mahna post office; the LGD village code is 237995. The sarpanch is sanju kumari, and the village votes in Begusarai assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kundan Kumar. The population is estimated at 13,205 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Papraur
- LGD code
- 237995
- Pincode
- 851210
- Post office
- Mahna
- Population (Census 2011)
- 11,200
- Population (projected 2026)
- 13,205
- Households
- 2,016
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 887
- Literacy rate
- 54.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Begusarai
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Begusarai
- Member of Parliament
- Giriraj Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kundan Kumar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- sanju kumari
- Block / Mandal
- Barauni
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)