Bamhangawan is a village in Azamnagar mandal, Katihar district, Bihar. It has a population of 544 across 119 households with a literacy rate of 33.6%. The village is located at coordinates 25.466°N, 87.801°E.
By population, Bamhangawan ranks #151 of 234 villages in Azamnagar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bamhangawan is a village of 544 people in 119 households (Census 2011) in Azamnagar block, Katihar district, Bihar, the 151st-largest of 234 villages in Azamnagar block. Literacy is 34%, 5 points below the block average of 38% and the sex ratio is 909 women per 1,000 men. It lies 83 km from the Katihar district centre, 9 km from Uttar Harishchandrapur, the nearest town, 2 km from Babhabgaon Halt railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 854116, served by Mahadevpur (Katihar) post office; the LGD village code is 225262. The nearest hospital or health centre is Harishchandrapur Rural Hospital, 10 km away. The village votes in Katihar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Tarkishore Prasad. The population is estimated at 641 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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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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