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Mathia is a village in Pakri Dayal mandal, Purbi Champaran district, Bihar. It has a population of 1,714 across 336 households with a literacy rate of 39.8%.
By population, Mathia ranks #18 of 21 villages in Pakri Dayal mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mathia is a village of 1,714 people in 336 households (Census 2011) in Pakri Dayal block, Purbi Champaran district, Bihar, the 18th-largest of 21 villages in Pakri Dayal block. Literacy is 40%, about the same as the block average of 41% and the sex ratio is 1,040 women per 1,000 men. It lies 134 km from the Purbi Champaran district centre, 0 km from Pakri, the nearest town, under 1 km from Narkatyaganj railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 845428, served by Pakari Dayal post office; the LGD village code is 218489. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sub-Divisional Hospital, Narkatiyaganj, <1 km away. The village votes in Minapur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ajay Kumar. The population is estimated at 2,021 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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