By population, Mahapur ranks #195 of 390 villages in Sarath mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mahapur is a village of 317 people in 48 households (Census 2011) in Sarath block, Deoghar district, Jharkhand, the 195th-largest of 390 villages in Sarath block. Literacy is 63%, 11 points above the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 910 women per 1,000 men. It lies 218 km from the Deoghar district centre, 17 km from Derya Chak, the nearest town, 8 km from Khirai railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 814149, served by Sarath post office; the LGD village code is 355076. The nearest hospital or health centre is Satyam Shivam nursing Home and Diagnostic Centre, 4 km away. The sarpanch is Pramod Kumar Ray, and the village votes in Dumka assembly constituency, represented by MLA Basant Soren. The population is estimated at 792 in 2026, up 150% since the 2011 Census.
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| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mahapur · this village | 317 | 63% | — |
| Mahapur · Sona Rai Tharhi | 930 | 36% | 0 km N |
| Mahapur · Panskura | 623 | 73% | 0 km N |
| Bijawarpur · Panskura | 1,061 | 74% | 0.9 km SW |
| Parlanka · Panskura | 805 | 74% | 0.9 km NW |
| Chiara · Panskura | 631 | 73% | 1 km SE |
| Paschim Gurtala · Panskura | 435 | 61% | 1.2 km N |
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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