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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Chatra is a village in Benipatti mandal, Madhubani district, Bihar, with a population of 3,908 across 820 households. The village has a literacy rate of 51% and is located at coordinates 25.175°N, 87.573°E with PIN code 847223.
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- LGD code
- 220317
- Pincode
- 847223
- Post office
- Benipatti
- Population
- 3,908
- Households
- 820
- Literacy rate
- 51%
- Sex ratio
- 940 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,163
- Distance to district centre
- 186 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 166 km
- Distance to Patna
- 249 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 300 km
- Nearest railway station
- Karamtola · 9 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Sadar Hospital · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chatra compares
By population, Chatra ranks #32 of 103 villages in Benipatti mandal.
Literacy rate
%
51.0%
+1.9% vs mandal average
- Chatra
- 51.0%
- Benipatti mandal
- 49.1%
- Madhubani district
- 48.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
940
+25 vs mandal average
- Chatra
- 940
- Benipatti mandal
- 915
Household size
people per home
4.8
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Chatra
- 4.8
- Benipatti mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chatra at a glance
Chatra is a village of 3,908 people in 820 households (Census 2011) in Benipatti block, Madhubani district, Bihar, the 32nd-largest of 103 villages in Benipatti block. Literacy is 51%, 2 points above the block average of 49% and the sex ratio is 940 women per 1,000 men. It lies 186 km from the Madhubani district centre, 10 km from Karma, the nearest town, 9 km from Karamtola railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 847223, served by Benipatti post office; the LGD village code is 220317. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sadar Hospital, 9 km away. The village votes in Gaura Bauram assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sujit Kumar. The population is estimated at 4,608 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chatra
- 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)
- 1
- Power hours (winter)
- 1
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- MADHUBANI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 23
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 23
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Chatra
- Total area (ha)
- 226.1
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 78.6
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chatra
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chatra
- LGD code
- 220317
- Pincode
- 847223
- Post office
- Benipatti
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,908
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,608
- Households
- 820
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 940
- Literacy rate
- 51.0%
- Coordinates
- 25.17515°N, 87.57346°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Darbhanga
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gaura Bauram
- Member of Parliament
- Gopal Jee Thakur
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sujit Kumar
- Block / Mandal
- Benipatti
Getting there
How to reach Chatra
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna249 kmcapital
- Kolkata300 km
- Delhi1096 km
- Hyderabad1278 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKaramtola9 km
- Bus stopBaldiabari More21 km
- Hospital / PHCSadar Hospital9 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India40 km
- CollegeAmbedkar Institute of Health Line40 km
- Police stationNaka No 2(Police Station)39 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, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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