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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Paraul is a village in Benipatti mandal, Madhubani district, Bihar. It has a population of 3,641 across 699 households, with a literacy rate of 45%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
yyy ghj
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- LGD code
- 220332
- Pincode
- 847229
- Post office
- Kaluahi
- Population
- 3,641
- Households
- 699
- Literacy rate
- 45%
- Sex ratio
- 901 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,041
- Distance to district centre
- 22 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Patna
- 112 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 437 km
- Nearest railway station
- Biraul · 6 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Goverment hospital,Biraul · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Paraul compares
By population, Paraul ranks #33 of 103 villages in Benipatti mandal.
Literacy rate
%
45.0%
−4.1% vs mandal average
- Paraul
- 45.0%
- Benipatti mandal
- 49.1%
- Madhubani district
- 48.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
901
−14 vs mandal average
- Paraul
- 901
- Benipatti mandal
- 915
Household size
people per home
5.2
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Paraul
- 5.2
- Benipatti mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Paraul at a glance
Paraul is a village of 3,641 people in 699 households (Census 2011) in Benipatti block, Madhubani district, Bihar, the 33rd-largest of 103 villages in Benipatti block. Literacy is 45%, 4 points below the block average of 49% and the sex ratio is 901 women per 1,000 men. It lies 22 km from the Madhubani district centre, 9 km from Haridih, the nearest town, 6 km from Biraul railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 847229, served by Kaluahi post office; the LGD village code is 220332. The nearest hospital or health centre is Goverment hospital,Biraul, 7 km away. The sarpanch is yyy ghj, and the village votes in Gaura Bauram assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sujit Kumar. The population is estimated at 4,293 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Paraul
- 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)
- 4
- Power hours (winter)
- 4
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- MADHUBANI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 18
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 18
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Paraul
- Total area (ha)
- 366.8
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 84.5
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Paraul
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Paraul
- LGD code
- 220332
- Pincode
- 847229
- Post office
- Kaluahi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,641
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,293
- Households
- 699
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 901
- Literacy rate
- 45.0%
- Coordinates
- 25.95653°N, 86.18011°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Darbhanga
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gaura Bauram
- Member of Parliament
- Gopal Jee Thakur
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sujit Kumar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- yyy ghj
- Block / Mandal
- Benipatti
Getting there
How to reach Paraul
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna112 kmcapital
- Kolkata437 km
- Delhi934 km
- Hyderabad1240 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBiraul6 km
- Hospital / PHCGoverment hospital,Biraul7 km
- ATM / bankHDFC Bank13 km
- Petrol pumpPetrol Pump24 km
- Collegeश्री रामसुंदर संस्कृत विश्वविद्या प्रतिष्ठान16 km
- Police stationAdarsh Police Station31 km
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Paraul
2 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 847229
- MalmalKaluahi mandal25,101 pop
- HarpurKaluahi mandal17,957 pop
- ParjuarBenipatti mandal11,543 pop
- PursauliaKaluahi mandal10,670 pop
- DhangaBenipatti mandal8,064 pop
- Kormauli ( Part In Khajauli )Kaluahi mandal7,980 pop
- MurethBenipatti mandal7,194 pop
- RasidpurKhajauli mandal6,191 pop
- Kormauli ( Part In Kaluahi )Khajauli mandal4,318 pop
Villages near Paraul
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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
- 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)