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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
LALITA DEVI
Contact: 91****1800
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- LGD code
- 239137
- Pincode
- 813203
- Post office
- Kahalgaon
- Population
- 1,067
- Households
- 191
- Literacy rate
- 48.7%
- Sex ratio
- 824 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 238
Census 2011 · in context
How Oniswan compares
By population, Oniswan ranks #72 of 209 villages in Kahalgaon mandal.
Literacy rate
%
48.7%
+1.4% vs mandal average
Oniswan48.7%
Kahalgaon mandal47.3%
Bhagalpur district51.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
824
−48 vs mandal average
Oniswan824
Kahalgaon mandal872
Household size
people per home
5.6
+0.4 vs mandal average
Oniswan5.6
Kahalgaon mandal5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Oniswan at a glance
Oniswan is a village of 1,067 people in 191 households (Census 2011) in Kahalgaon block, Bhagalpur district, Bihar, the 72nd-largest of 209 villages in Kahalgaon block. Literacy is 49%, 1 points above the block average of 47% and the sex ratio is 824 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 813203, served by Kahalgaon post office; the LGD village code is 239137. The sarpanch is LALITA DEVI, and the village votes in Rupauli assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kaladhar Prasad Mandal. The population is estimated at 1,258 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Antichak →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oniswan · this village | 1,067 | 49% | — |
| Antichak · Kahalgaon | 2,830 | 49% | — |
| Bhawanipur · Kahalgaon | 2,260 | 60% | — |
| Nandgola · Kahalgaon | 1,667 | 52% | — |
| Malakpur Nainsukhunagar · Kahalgaon | 1,454 | 50% | — |
| Nainsinghnagar Urf Unetichak · Kahalgaon | 0 | — | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Oniswan
- 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
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 4
- Power hours (winter)
- 4
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- COLGONG
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 11
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 41
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 11
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Bholsr
- Total area (ha)
- 2
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Oniswan
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Oniswan
- LGD code
- 239137
- Pincode
- 813203
- Post office
- Kahalgaon
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,067
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,258
- Households
- 191
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 824
- Literacy rate
- 48.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Purnia
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rupauli
- Member of Parliament
- Pappu Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kaladhar Prasad Mandal
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- LALITA DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Kahalgaon
- Nearest railway station
- Banikpur Halt (8.9 km)
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 813203
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Oniswan
Other villages in Kahalgaon mandal
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- Kishundaspur
- Mohanpur Gaughatta
- Dhanaura
- Parmanandpur Khawas
- Sangalbahita
- Ekchari
- Mathurapur
- Mahesha Munda
- Ekdara
- Sadanandpur Baisa
- Rampur
- Ogri
- Salempur Saini
- Shampur
- Dealpur
- Oriap
- Shampur
- Nandlalpur
- Kalgiganj
- Bansipur
- Parsurampurchak
- Kusapur
- Jagesarpur Inglis
- Rasulpur
- Sian
- Antichak
- Harchandpur
- Kasri
- Kurma
- Bhader
- Channo
- Madhorampur
- Khoja Dhanaura
- Rampur Kharahara
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)