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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Biraul is a village in Pandaul mandal, Madhubani district, Bihar, with a population of 5,988 distributed across 1,189 households. The village has a literacy rate of 44.6%.
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- LGD code
- 220556
- Pincode
- 847236
- Post office
- Rampatti
- Population
- 5,988
- Households
- 1,189
- Literacy rate
- 44.6%
- Sex ratio
- 939 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,250
- Distance to district centre
- 29 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 60 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 #16 of 75 villages in Pandaul mandal.
Literacy rate
%
44.6%
−4.4% vs mandal average
- Biraul
- 44.6%
- Pandaul mandal
- 49.0%
- Madhubani district
- 48.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
939
+7 vs mandal average
- Biraul
- 939
- Pandaul mandal
- 932
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Biraul
- 5.0
- Pandaul mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Biraul at a glance
Biraul is a village of 5,988 people in 1,189 households (Census 2011) in Pandaul block, Madhubani district, Bihar, the 16th-largest of 75 villages in Pandaul block. Literacy is 45%, 4 points below the block average of 49% and the sex ratio is 939 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 847236, served by Rampatti post office; the LGD village code is 220556. The nearest hospital or health centre is Goverment hospital,Biraul, <1 km away. The village votes in Kalyanpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Maheshwar Hazari. The population is estimated at 7,060 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
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 5
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 3
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- MADHUBANI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 18
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 18
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Biraul
- Total area (ha)
- 326.8
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 112.66
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Biraul
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Biraul
- LGD code
- 220556
- Pincode
- 847236
- Post office
- Rampatti
- Population (Census 2011)
- 5,988
- Population (projected 2026)
- 7,060
- Households
- 1,189
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 939
- Literacy rate
- 44.6%
- Coordinates
- 25.94350°N, 86.25465°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Samastipur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kalyanpur
- Member of Parliament
- Shambhavi Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Maheshwar Hazari
- Block / Mandal
- Pandaul
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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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)