Kerai observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
Kerai is a village in Sidhaw mandal, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. With a population of 998 across 157 households, it has a literacy rate of 56.3%. The village is located at coordinates 25.750°N, 85.877°E.
By population, Kerai ranks #121 of 175 villages in Sidhaw mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kerai is a village of 998 people in 157 households (Census 2011) in Sidhaw block, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar, the 121st-largest of 175 villages in Sidhaw block. Literacy is 56%, 14 points above the block average of 42% and the sex ratio is 1,049 women per 1,000 men. It lies 135 km from the Pashchim Champaran district centre, 0 km from Kerai, the nearest town, 6 km from Angar Ghat railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 845105, served by Naraipur post office; the LGD village code is 216015. The nearest hospital or health centre is Ishika Diagnostic | Authorized Dr. Lal Pathlabs Collection Center, 10 km away. The sarpanch is sunil mahato, and the village votes in Pipra assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shyambabu Prasad Yadav. The population is estimated at 1,177 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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