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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Biraul is a village in Ghoghardiha mandal, Madhubani district, Bihar with a population of 1,619 and 387 households. The literacy rate is 41.6%, and the village is identified by PIN code 847402 at coordinates 25.943°N, 86.255°E.
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- LGD code
- 220786
- Pincode
- 847402
- Post office
- Ghoghardiha
- Population
- 1,619
- Households
- 387
- Literacy rate
- 41.6%
- Sex ratio
- 923 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 427
- Distance to district centre
- 29 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 38 km
- Distance to Patna
- 118 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 432 km
- Nearest railway station
- Biraul · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Goverment hospital,Biraul · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Biraul compares
By population, Biraul ranks #36 of 49 villages in Ghoghardiha mandal.
Literacy rate
%
41.6%
−5.9% vs mandal average
- Biraul
- 41.6%
- Ghoghardiha mandal
- 47.5%
- Madhubani district
- 48.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
923
−29 vs mandal average
- Biraul
- 923
- Ghoghardiha mandal
- 952
Household size
people per home
4.2
−1.0 vs mandal average
- Biraul
- 4.2
- Ghoghardiha mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Biraul at a glance
Biraul is a village of 1,619 people in 387 households (Census 2011) in Ghoghardiha block, Madhubani district, Bihar, the 36th-largest of 49 villages in Ghoghardiha block. Literacy is 42%, 6 points below the block average of 48% and the sex ratio is 923 women per 1,000 men. It lies 29 km from the Madhubani district centre, 7 km from Bauram, the nearest town, 2 km from Biraul railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 847402, served by Ghoghardiha post office; the LGD village code is 220786. The nearest hospital or health centre is Goverment hospital,Biraul, <1 km away. The village votes in Warisnagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Manjarik Mrinal. The population is estimated at 1,909 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Biraul
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 2
- Power hours (winter)
- 2
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- GHOGHARDIHA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 80
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Biraul
- Total area (ha)
- 192.2
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 30
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Biraul
- LGD code
- 220786
- Pincode
- 847402
- Post office
- Ghoghardiha
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,619
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,909
- Households
- 387
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 923
- Literacy rate
- 41.6%
- Coordinates
- 25.94350°N, 86.25465°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Samastipur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Warisnagar
- Member of Parliament
- Shambhavi Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Manjarik Mrinal
- Block / Mandal
- Ghoghardiha
Getting there
How to reach Biraul
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna118 kmcapital
- Kolkata432 km
- Delhi942 km
- Hyderabad1244 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBiraul2 km
- Hospital / PHCGoverment hospital,Biraul<1 km
- ATM / bankHDFC Bank18 km
- Petrol pumpPetrol Pump29 km
- Collegeश्री रामसुंदर संस्कृत विश्वविद्या प्रतिष्ठान19 km
- Police stationAdarsh Police Station35 km
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Biraul
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- 🏫Sri Krishna Ideal Public SchoolSchool1.3 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, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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