Sarkanda is a village in Pirpainti mandal, Bhagalpur district, Bihar, with a population of 127 in 23 households. It has the highest literacy rate among listed villages at 75.6%, with PIN code 813209.
By population, Sarkanda ranks #90 of 116 villages in Pirpainti mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sarkanda is a village of 127 people in 23 households (Census 2011) in Pirpainti block, Bhagalpur district, Bihar, the 90th-largest of 116 villages in Pirpainti block. Literacy is 76%, 30 points above the block average of 46% and the sex ratio is 841 women per 1,000 men. It lies 55 km from the Bhagalpur district centre, 8 km from Sundarpur, the nearest town, 6 km from Ammapali railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 813209, served by Pripainti post office; the LGD village code is 239062. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Barahat Ishipur, 6 km away. The sarpanch is SONU KUMAR KISKU, and the village votes in Pirpainti assembly constituency, represented by MLA Murari Pasavan. The population is estimated at 150 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Pyalapur →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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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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