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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
madina khatoon
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- LGD code
- 218755
- Pincode
- 845426
- Post office
- Mehsi
- Population
- 660
- Households
- 128
- Literacy rate
- 21.1%
- Sex ratio
- 844 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 298
Census 2011 · in context
How Birit Kunawa compares
By population, Birit Kunawa ranks #72 of 96 villages in Mehsi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
21.1%
−21.0% vs mandal average
- Birit Kunawa
- 21.1%
- Mehsi mandal
- 42.1%
- Purbi Champaran district
- 44.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
844
−59 vs mandal average
- Birit Kunawa
- 844
- Mehsi mandal
- 903
Household size
people per home
5.2
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Birit Kunawa
- 5.2
- Mehsi mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Birit Kunawa at a glance
Birit Kunawa is a village of 660 people in 128 households (Census 2011) in Mehsi block, Purbi Champaran district, Bihar, the 72nd-largest of 96 villages in Mehsi block. Literacy is 21%, 21 points below the block average of 42% and the sex ratio is 844 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 845426, served by Mehsi post office; the LGD village code is 218755. The sarpanch is madina khatoon, and the village votes in Gaighat assembly constituency, represented by MLA Komal Singh. The population is estimated at 778 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Birit Kunawa
- 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)
- 4
- Power hours (winter)
- 5
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- MEHSI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 60
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Nonimal
- Total area (ha)
- 29
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 13
- Forest area (ha)
- 3
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Birit Kunawa
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Birit Kunawa
- LGD code
- 218755
- Pincode
- 845426
- Post office
- Mehsi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 660
- Population (projected 2026)
- 778
- Households
- 128
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 844
- Literacy rate
- 21.1%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Muzaffarpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gaighat
- Member of Parliament
- Raj Bhushan Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Komal Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- madina khatoon
- Block / Mandal
- Mehsi
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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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)