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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Nagwa is a village in Fatehpur mandal, Gaya district, Bihar with a population of 1,329 spread across 216 households. The literacy rate is 41.4%, and the village is situated at 25.696°N, 84.236°E.
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- LGD code
- 256964
- Pincode
- 805128
- Post office
- Tarwan
- Population
- 1,329
- Households
- 216
- Literacy rate
- 41.4%
- Sex ratio
- 969 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 580
- Distance to district centre
- 173 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 162 km
- Distance to Patna
- 91 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 544 km
- Nearest railway station
- Ballia · 11 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- District Women Hospital Ballia · 11 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Nagwa compares
By population, Nagwa ranks #54 of 174 villages in Fatehpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
41.4%
−5.5% vs mandal average
- Nagwa
- 41.4%
- Fatehpur mandal
- 46.9%
- Gaya district
- 52.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
969
+20 vs mandal average
- Nagwa
- 969
- Fatehpur mandal
- 949
Household size
people per home
6.2
−0.5 vs mandal average
- Nagwa
- 6.2
- Fatehpur mandal
- 6.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Nagwa at a glance
Nagwa is a village of 1,329 people in 216 households (Census 2011) in Fatehpur block, Gaya district, Bihar, the 54th-largest of 174 villages in Fatehpur block. Literacy is 41%, 6 points below the block average of 47% and the sex ratio is 969 women per 1,000 men. It lies 173 km from the Gaya district centre, 22 km from Sukhpura, the nearest town, 11 km from Ballia railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 805128, served by Tarwan post office; the LGD village code is 256964. The nearest hospital or health centre is District Women Hospital Ballia, 11 km away. The village votes in Bibhutipur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ajay Kumar. The population is estimated at 1,567 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Nagwa
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- GAYA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 36
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 36
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 4
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Dharahara
- Total area (ha)
- 89
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 39
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Nagwa
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Key facts — Nagwa
- LGD code
- 256964
- Pincode
- 805128
- Post office
- Tarwan
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,329
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,567
- Households
- 216
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 969
- Literacy rate
- 41.4%
- Coordinates
- 25.69621°N, 84.23590°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ujiarpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bibhutipur
- Member of Parliament
- Nityanand Rai
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ajay Kumar
- Block / Mandal
- Fatehpur
- Nearest police station
- Police Station Dalsinghsarai (160.7 km)
- Nearest bank
- SBI Bank (160.6 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Dalsingh Sarai (161.2 km)
Getting there
How to reach Nagwa
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna91 kmcapital
- Kolkata544 km
- Delhi767 km
- Hyderabad1099 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBallia11 km
- Hospital / PHCDistrict Women Hospital Ballia11 km
- ATM / bankkharasara31 km
- Petrol pumpEssar38 km
- CollegeInter college, Sakarpura31 km
- Police stationPOLICE LINE CHHAPRA GROUND53 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)