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Sahja

Pranpur mandal
Pincode 854107
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Sahja is a village in Pranpur mandal, Katihar district, Bihar, with a population of 5,137 across 957 households and a literacy rate of 34.1%. The village has a railway station and is located at coordinates 25.472°N, 87.678°E.

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shanchariya devi
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LGD code
225422
Pincode
854107
Post office
Katihar Mill
Population
5,137
Households
957
Literacy rate
34.1%
Sex ratio
903 ♀/1000♂
Workers
2,380
Distance to district centre
72 km
Distance to mandal centre
1 km
Distance to Patna
255 km
Distance to Kolkata
330 km
Nearest railway station
Sajha Halt · <1 km
Nearest hospital / PHC
Government hospital Kumaripur · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context

How Sahja compares

By population, Sahja ranks #4 of 85 villages in Pranpur mandal.

Literacy rate
%
34.1%
−8.1% vs mandal average
Sahja
34.1%
Pranpur mandal
42.2%
Katihar district
41.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
903
−21 vs mandal average
Sahja
903
Pranpur mandal
924
Household size
people per home
5.4
+0.6 vs mandal average
Sahja
5.4
Pranpur mandal
4.8

Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).

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Sahja at a glance

Sahja is a village of 5,137 people in 957 households (Census 2011) in Pranpur block, Katihar district, Bihar, the 4th-largest of 85 villages in Pranpur block. Literacy is 34%, 8 points below the block average, and the sex ratio is 903 women per 1,000 men. It lies 72 km from the Katihar district centre, 21 km from Kusaha, the nearest town, under 1 km from Sajha Halt railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 854107, served by Katihar Mill post office; the LGD village code is 225422. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital Kumaripur, 7 km away. The sarpanch is shanchariya devi, and the village votes in Pranpur assembly constituency, represented by Nisha Singh.

Gram panchayat: Sahja

Key facts — Sahja

LGD code
225422
Pincode
854107
Post office
Katihar Mill
Population (Census 2011)
5,137
Population (projected 2026)
6,057
Households
957
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
903
Literacy rate
34.1%
Coordinates
25.47225°N, 87.67798°E
Lok Sabha constituency
Katihar
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Pranpur
Member of Parliament
Tariq Anwar
Member of Legislative Assembly
Nisha Singh
Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
shanchariya devi
Block / Mandal
Pranpur
Nearest railway station
Sajha Halt (0.6 km)
Getting there

How to reach Sahja

Mandal centre
Pranpur · ≈ 1.4 km
≈ 3 min by car · 3 min by bike
Directions
District centre
Katihar · ≈ 72 km
≈ 2 h 27 min by car · 2 h 54 min by bike
Directions
Nearest town · 13,875 people
Kusaha · ≈ 21 km
≈ 43 min by car · 51 min by bike
Directions
Distance to cities · straight line
  • Patna255 kmcapital
  • Kolkata330 km
  • Delhi1094 km
  • Hyderabad1308 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
  • Railway stationSajha Halt<1 km
  • Bus stopKumaripur8 km
  • Hospital / PHCGovernment hospital Kumaripur7 km
  • ATM / bankState Bank of India13 km
  • Petrol pumpIndian Petrol Pump15 km
  • CollegeD S College12 km
  • Police stationNaka No 2(Police Station)13 km
Nearest to the village
Railway station
Sajha Haltunder 1 km
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Sources & freshness
  • Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
  • Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
  • Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
  • Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
  • Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
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