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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
USHA DEVI
Contact: 93****2423
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- LGD code
- 243555
- Pincode
- 811106
- Post office
- Surajgaraha
- Population
- 2,569
- Households
- 408
- Literacy rate
- 39.1%
- Sex ratio
- 885 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 930
Census 2011 · in context
How Dhanari compares
By population, Dhanari ranks #37 of 184 villages in Surajgarha mandal.
Literacy rate
%
39.1%
−12.5% vs mandal average
Dhanari39.1%
Surajgarha mandal51.6%
Lakhisarai district50.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
885
+2 vs mandal average
Dhanari885
Surajgarha mandal883
Household size
people per home
6.3
+0.3 vs mandal average
Dhanari6.3
Surajgarha mandal6.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhanari at a glance
Dhanari is a village of 2,569 people in 408 households (Census 2011) in Surajgarha block, Lakhisarai district, Bihar, the 37th-largest of 184 villages in Surajgarha block. Literacy is 39%, 13 points below the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 885 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 811106, served by Surajgaraha post office; the LGD village code is 243555. The sarpanch is USHA DEVI, and the village votes in Beldaur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Panna Lal Singh Patel. The population is estimated at 3,029 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Chandan Pura →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dhanari · this village | 2,569 | 39% | — |
| Chandanpur · Surajgarha | 6,776 | 50% | — |
| Mano · Surajgarha | 3,526 | 67% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dhanari
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 4
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 3
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- Yes
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- LAKHISARAI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 8
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 8
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Chandanpura
- Total area (ha)
- 117.35
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 71.05
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dhanari
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dhanari
- LGD code
- 243555
- Pincode
- 811106
- Post office
- Surajgaraha
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,569
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,029
- Households
- 408
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 885
- Literacy rate
- 39.1%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khagaria
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Beldaur
- Member of Parliament
- Rajesh Verma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Panna Lal Singh Patel
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- USHA DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Surajgarha
Same pincode
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- ChandanpurSurajgarha mandal6,776 pop
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- 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)