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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Bahera is a village in Madhepur mandal, Madhubani district, Bihar with a population of 2,407 and 529 households. The village has a literacy rate of 33.4%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RANJU DEVI
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- LGD code
- 220878
- Pincode
- 847408
- Post office
- Madhepur
- Population
- 2,407
- Households
- 529
- Literacy rate
- 33.4%
- Sex ratio
- 912 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 975
- Distance to district centre
- 13 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 36 km
- Distance to Patna
- 112 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 450 km
- Nearest railway station
- Sakri Junction · 16 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- SubDivisional Hospital, Benipur · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bahera compares
By population, Bahera ranks #33 of 86 villages in Madhepur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
33.4%
−11.5% vs mandal average
- Bahera
- 33.4%
- Madhepur mandal
- 44.9%
- Madhubani district
- 48.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
912
−9 vs mandal average
- Bahera
- 912
- Madhepur mandal
- 921
Household size
people per home
4.6
Same as the mandal average
- Bahera
- 4.6
- Madhepur mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bahera at a glance
Bahera is a village of 2,407 people in 529 households (Census 2011) in Madhepur block, Madhubani district, Bihar, the 33rd-largest of 86 villages in Madhepur block. Literacy is 33%, 12 points below the block average of 45% and the sex ratio is 912 women per 1,000 men. It lies 13 km from the Madhubani district centre, 7 km from Haridih, the nearest town, 16 km from Sakri Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 847408, served by Madhepur post office; the LGD village code is 220878. The nearest hospital or health centre is SubDivisional Hospital, Benipur, 3 km away. The sarpanch is RANJU DEVI, and the village votes in Cheria Bariarpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Abhishek Anand. The population is estimated at 2,838 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bahera
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- 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
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- JHANJHARPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 29
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 52
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 7
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Bahera
- Total area (ha)
- 281.6
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 105.66
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bahera
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bahera
- LGD code
- 220878
- Pincode
- 847408
- Post office
- Madhepur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,407
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,838
- Households
- 529
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 912
- Literacy rate
- 33.4%
- Coordinates
- 26.06775°N, 86.12203°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Begusarai
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Cheria Bariarpur
- Member of Parliament
- Giriraj Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Abhishek Anand
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RANJU DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Madhepur
Getting there
How to reach Bahera
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna112 kmcapital
- Kolkata450 km
- Delhi924 km
- Hyderabad1246 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSakri Junction16 km
- Hospital / PHCSubDivisional Hospital, Benipur3 km
- ATM / bankHDFC Bank2 km
- Petrol pumpPetrol Pump11 km
- Collegeपूर्णिमा राम प्रताप संस्कृत महाविद्यालय5 km
- Police stationAdarsh Police Station17 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Bahera
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Bahera
4 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
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- 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
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