By population, Dhanawan ranks #28 of 158 villages in Barachatti mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhanawan is a village of 1,585 people in 242 households (Census 2011) in Barachatti block, Gaya district, Bihar, the 28th-largest of 158 villages in Barachatti block. Literacy is 63%, 16 points above the block average of 48% and the sex ratio is 926 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 824201, served by Barachatti post office; the LGD village code is 257294. The sarpanch is NATHUN YADAV, and the village votes in Mahnar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Umesh Singh Kushwaha. The population is estimated at 1,869 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bumer →
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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