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Malikpur is a village in Wazirganj mandal, Gaya district, Bihar, with a population of 1,170 across 198 households. The village has a literacy rate of 44.8% and is situated at coordinates 25.569°N, 87.901°E.
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- LGD code
- 256796
- Pincode
- 805131
- Post office
- Wazirganj (Gaya)
- Population
- 1,170
- Households
- 198
- Literacy rate
- 44.8%
- Sex ratio
- 953 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 454
- Distance to district centre
- 195 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 186 km
- Distance to Patna
- 277 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 336 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bhawanipur Bihar · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Barsoi SDH · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Malikpur compares
By population, Malikpur ranks #65 of 147 villages in Wazirganj mandal.
Literacy rate
%
44.8%
−6.2% vs mandal average
- Malikpur
- 44.8%
- Wazirganj mandal
- 51.0%
- Gaya district
- 52.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
953
+1 vs mandal average
- Malikpur
- 953
- Wazirganj mandal
- 952
Household size
people per home
5.9
−0.5 vs mandal average
- Malikpur
- 5.9
- Wazirganj mandal
- 6.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Malikpur at a glance
Malikpur is a village of 1,170 people in 198 households (Census 2011) in Wazirganj block, Gaya district, Bihar, the 65th-largest of 147 villages in Wazirganj block. Literacy is 45%, 6 points below the block average of 51% and the sex ratio is 953 women per 1,000 men. It lies 195 km from the Gaya district centre, 6 km from Kusaha, the nearest town, 4 km from Bhawanipur Bihar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 805131, served by Wazirganj (Gaya) post office; the LGD village code is 256796. The nearest hospital or health centre is Barsoi SDH, 7 km away. The village votes in Cheria Bariarpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Abhishek Anand. The population is estimated at 1,379 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Malikpur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 5
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- GAYA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 32
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 32
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Biccha
- Total area (ha)
- 103
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 44.4
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Malikpur
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Key facts — Malikpur
- LGD code
- 256796
- Pincode
- 805131
- Post office
- Wazirganj (Gaya)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,170
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,379
- Households
- 198
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 953
- Literacy rate
- 44.8%
- Coordinates
- 25.56877°N, 87.90101°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Begusarai
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Cheria Bariarpur
- Member of Parliament
- Giriraj Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Abhishek Anand
- Block / Mandal
- Wazirganj
Getting there
How to reach Malikpur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna277 kmcapital
- Kolkata336 km
- Delhi1111 km
- Hyderabad1332 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBhawanipur Bihar4 km
- Bus stopBotolbari20 km
- Hospital / PHCBarsoi SDH7 km
- ATM / banksbi24 km
- Petrol pumpReliance29 km
- CollegeD S College32 km
- Police stationPolice station34 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
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