Maldiha observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
Maldiha is a village in Barhara mandal, Purnia district, Bihar, with a population of 7,345 across 1,456 households. The village has a literacy rate of 54.3% and is located at coordinates 24.511°N, 86.207°E.
By population, Maldiha ranks #9 of 63 villages in Barhara mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Maldiha is a village of 7,345 people in 1,456 households (Census 2011) in Barhara block, Purnia district, Bihar, the 9th-largest of 63 villages in Barhara block. Literacy is 54%, 10 points above the block average of 44% and the sex ratio is 914 women per 1,000 men. It lies 154 km from the Purnia district centre, 20 km from Chakai, the nearest town, 16 km from Duriatanr Halt railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 854203, served by Barhara Kothi post office; the LGD village code is 223127. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sadar Hospital, Jamua, 17 km away. The sarpanch is KRISHNA KUMAR, and the village votes in Simri Bakhtiarpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sanjay Kumar Singh. The population is estimated at 8,660 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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