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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SHABANA KHANAM
Contact: 96****9342
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- LGD code
- 227550
- Pincode
- 846002
- Post office
- S.H.M.C
- Population
- 2,259
- Households
- 410
- Literacy rate
- 57.1%
- Sex ratio
- 878 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 529
Census 2011 · in context
How Usma compares
By population, Usma ranks #19 of 49 villages in Hayaghat mandal.
Literacy rate
%
57.1%
+9.0% vs mandal average
- Usma
- 57.1%
- Hayaghat mandal
- 48.1%
- Darbhanga district
- 46.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
878
−15 vs mandal average
- Usma
- 878
- Hayaghat mandal
- 893
Household size
people per home
5.5
+0.6 vs mandal average
- Usma
- 5.5
- Hayaghat mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Usma at a glance
Usma is a village of 2,259 people in 410 households (Census 2011) in Hayaghat block, Darbhanga district, Bihar, the 19th-largest of 49 villages in Hayaghat block. Literacy is 57%, 9 points above the block average of 48% and the sex ratio is 878 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 846002, served by S.H.M.C post office; the LGD village code is 227550. The sarpanch is SHABANA KHANAM, and the village votes in Dhamdaha assembly constituency, represented by MLA Leshi Singh. The population is estimated at 2,663 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Malhi Patti North →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Usma · this village | 2,259 | 57% | — |
| Malahipatti Bahadurpur · Hayaghat | 11,093 | 44% | — |
| Ratanpura · Hayaghat | 668 | 44% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Usma
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 7
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- No
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- DARBHANGA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 5
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 5
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Malahipatti uttari
- Total area (ha)
- 80
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 18
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Usma
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Usma
- LGD code
- 227550
- Pincode
- 846002
- Post office
- S.H.M.C
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,259
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,663
- Households
- 410
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 878
- Literacy rate
- 57.1%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Purnia
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhamdaha
- Member of Parliament
- Pappu Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Leshi Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SHABANA KHANAM
- Block / Mandal
- Hayaghat
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 846002
- SirniaHayaghat mandal26,767 pop
- ThalwaraHanumannagar mandal7,381 pop
- DeokaliBahadurpur mandal5,980 pop
- DekuliBahadurpur mandal4,927 pop
- BasantHanumannagar mandal4,097 pop
- Majhaulia BisaipattiHayaghat mandal3,616 pop
- KokatBahadurpur mandal2,950 pop
- Mahamadpur SirniaHayaghat mandal2,004 pop
- BarhmotaraHanumannagar mandal1,753 pop
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Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Usma
Other villages in Hayaghat mandal
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- Ghosrama
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- Singhauli
- Majhaulia Bisaipatti
- Sirampur
- Maksudpur
- Hawasa
- Makhanpur
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- Aliabad
- Manorathpur
- Balia
- Bishunpur
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- Pipraulia
- Siwaisinghpur
- Debipur
- Anpatti Bishunpur
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- Berai Patti
- Madhu Patti
- Sobhai Patti
- Sobhnath Patti
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)