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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Chhitauni is a village in Basopatti mandal, Madhubani district, Bihar. It has a population of 6,231 in 1,262 households with a literacy rate of 53.3%, located at PIN 847225.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
DHIRENDRA RAUT
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- LGD code
- 219900
- Pincode
- 847225
- Post office
- Basopatti
- Population
- 6,231
- Households
- 1,262
- Literacy rate
- 53.3%
- Sex ratio
- 904 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,143
- Distance to district centre
- 232 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 196 km
- Distance to Patna
- 205 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 671 km
- Nearest railway station
- Chhitauni · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Sub-Divisional Hospital, Bagaha · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chhitauni compares
By population, Chhitauni ranks #9 of 34 villages in Basopatti mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.3%
+5.5% vs mandal average
- Chhitauni
- 53.3%
- Basopatti mandal
- 47.8%
- Madhubani district
- 48.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
904
−7 vs mandal average
- Chhitauni
- 904
- Basopatti mandal
- 911
Household size
people per home
4.9
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Chhitauni
- 4.9
- Basopatti mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chhitauni at a glance
Chhitauni is a village of 6,231 people in 1,262 households (Census 2011) in Basopatti block, Madhubani district, Bihar, the 9th-largest of 34 villages in Basopatti block. Literacy is 53%, 6 points above the block average of 48% and the sex ratio is 904 women per 1,000 men. It lies 232 km from the Madhubani district centre, 41 km from Amwa Khas, the nearest town, 4 km from Chhitauni railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 847225, served by Basopatti post office; the LGD village code is 219900. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sub-Divisional Hospital, Bagaha, 7 km away. The sarpanch is DHIRENDRA RAUT. The population is estimated at 7,346 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chhitauni
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 3
- Power hours (winter)
- 4
- Primary school
- 4
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 1
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 1
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- JAINAGAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 16
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 42
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 13
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Chhitauni
- Total area (ha)
- 673.8
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 236.1
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chhitauni
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chhitauni
- LGD code
- 219900
- Pincode
- 847225
- Post office
- Basopatti
- Population (Census 2011)
- 6,231
- Population (projected 2026)
- 7,346
- Households
- 1,262
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 904
- Literacy rate
- 53.3%
- Coordinates
- 27.11667°N, 83.98333°E
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- DHIRENDRA RAUT
- Block / Mandal
- Basopatti
Getting there
How to reach Chhitauni
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna205 kmcapital
- Kolkata671 km
- Delhi686 km
- Hyderabad1221 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationChhitauni4 km
- Hospital / PHCSub-Divisional Hospital, Bagaha7 km
- ATM / bankSBI ATM35 km
- Petrol pumpHP Pump38 km
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View all 33 →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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)