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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MAHFOOJ ALAM
Contact: 95****2369
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- LGD code
- 220812
- Pincode
- 847403
- Post office
- Jhanjharpur RS
- Population
- 21,564
- Households
- 4,559
- Literacy rate
- 49.9%
- Sex ratio
- 942 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 8,476
Census 2011 · in context
How Dip compares
By population, Dip ranks #1 of 44 villages in Lakhnaur mandal — the largest.
Literacy rate
%
49.9%
−1.6% vs mandal average
- Dip
- 49.9%
- Lakhnaur mandal
- 51.5%
- Madhubani district
- 48.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
942
+12 vs mandal average
- Dip
- 942
- Lakhnaur mandal
- 930
Household size
people per home
4.7
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Dip
- 4.7
- Lakhnaur mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dip at a glance
Dip is a village of 21,564 people in 4,559 households (Census 2011) in Lakhnaur block, Madhubani district, Bihar, the largest of 44 villages in Lakhnaur block. Literacy is 50%, 2 points below the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 942 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 847403, served by Jhanjharpur RS post office; the LGD village code is 220812. The sarpanch is MAHFOOJ ALAM, and the village votes in Benipur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Binay Kumar Choudhary. The population is estimated at 25,424 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dip
- 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)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 7
- Primary school
- 10
- Middle school
- 2
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- JHANJHARPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 42
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Dip
- Total area (ha)
- 1,271.1
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 419.5
- Forest area (ha)
- 443.6
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dip
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dip
- LGD code
- 220812
- Pincode
- 847403
- Post office
- Jhanjharpur RS
- Population (Census 2011)
- 21,564
- Population (projected 2026)
- 25,424
- Households
- 4,559
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 942
- Literacy rate
- 49.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Darbhanga
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Benipur
- Member of Parliament
- Gopal Jee Thakur
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Binay Kumar Choudhary
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MAHFOOJ ALAM
- Block / Mandal
- Lakhnaur
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View all 45+ →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)