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By population, Bedaul Adam ranks #18 of 26 villages in Purnahiya mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bedaul Adam is a village of 2,119 people in 514 households (Census 2011) in Purnahiya block, Sheohar district, Bihar, the 18th-largest of 26 villages in Purnahiya block. Literacy is 43%, 1 points below the block average of 44% and the sex ratio is 844 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 843327, served by Riga post office; the LGD village code is 218778. The sarpanch is SANJAY KUMAR, and the village votes in Sugauli assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rajesh Kumar Gupta. The population is estimated at 2,498 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Basantpatti →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bedaul Adam · this village | 2,119 | 43% | — |
| Basant Patti · Purnahiya | 4,277 | 45% | — |
| Purnahia Chandandih · Purnahiya | 3,016 | 43% | — |
| Bedaul Baz · Purnahiya | 2,008 | 59% | — |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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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