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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Mureth is a village in Benipatti mandal, Madhubani district, Bihar. It has a population of 7,194 across 1,339 households, with a literacy rate of 44.6%.
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- LGD code
- 220338
- Pincode
- 847229
- Post office
- Kaluahi
- Population
- 7,194
- Households
- 1,339
- Literacy rate
- 44.6%
- Sex ratio
- 941 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,832
- Distance to district centre
- 42 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 56 km
- Distance to Patna
- 130 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 490 km
- Nearest railway station
- Madhubani · 11 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. Hari Bhushan Jha · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Mureth compares
By population, Mureth ranks #14 of 103 villages in Benipatti mandal.
Literacy rate
%
44.6%
−4.5% vs mandal average
- Mureth
- 44.6%
- Benipatti mandal
- 49.1%
- Madhubani district
- 48.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
941
+26 vs mandal average
- Mureth
- 941
- Benipatti mandal
- 915
Household size
people per home
5.4
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Mureth
- 5.4
- Benipatti mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mureth at a glance
Mureth is a village of 7,194 people in 1,339 households (Census 2011) in Benipatti block, Madhubani district, Bihar, the 14th-largest of 103 villages in Benipatti block. Literacy is 45%, 5 points below the block average of 49% and the sex ratio is 941 women per 1,000 men. It lies 42 km from the Madhubani district centre, 2 km from Haripur, the nearest town, 11 km from Madhubani railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 847229, served by Kaluahi post office; the LGD village code is 220338. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. Hari Bhushan Jha, 9 km away. The village votes in Gaura Bauram assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sujit Kumar. The population is estimated at 8,482 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Mureth
- 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)
- 3
- 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
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- 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)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 14
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Mureth
- Total area (ha)
- 416
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 95.2
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Mureth
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Mureth
- LGD code
- 220338
- Pincode
- 847229
- Post office
- Kaluahi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 7,194
- Population (projected 2026)
- 8,482
- Households
- 1,339
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 941
- Literacy rate
- 44.6%
- Coordinates
- 26.43886°N, 86.04166°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 Mureth
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna130 kmcapital
- Kolkata490 km
- Delhi904 km
- Hyderabad1272 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMadhubani11 km
- Bus stopRahika7 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. Hari Bhushan Jha9 km
- ATM / bankIndia122 km
- Petrol pumpPetrol Pump31 km
- Collegeपूर्णिमा राम प्रताप संस्कृत महाविद्यालय39 km
- Police stationUmgaon main chowk21 km
Same pincode
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- PursauliaKaluahi mandal10,670 pop
- DhangaBenipatti mandal8,064 pop
- Kormauli ( Part In Khajauli )Kaluahi mandal7,980 pop
- RasidpurKhajauli mandal6,191 pop
- Kormauli ( Part In Kaluahi )Khajauli mandal4,318 pop
- MadhaipurKaluahi mandal3,715 pop
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- 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
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)