# Mahua Village, Madhwapur, Madhubani (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Madhwapur, Madhubani 

# Mahua

Mahua is a village in Madhwapur sub-district of Madhubani district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,005 people in 498 households**, the 24th largest of 41 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.7%.

- 2,005people (2011)
- 498households
- 70.2%literacy
- 911females per 1,000 males

## Mahua PIN code and other codes

Mahua falls in Madhwapur sub-district, Madhubani district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatMahua
- Community development blockMadhwapur
- Census village code219833

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Mahua from nearby towns?

- Madhwapur (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Madhubani (district HQ)40 km by road
- Janakpur Road (nearest town)25 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Mahua?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Mahua; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Utra
- ○Degree college10+ km · Benipatti
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Darbhanga
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)5 h summer · 4 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Mahua known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 59% of the 285 hectares of village land is sown, and 67 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Mahua

Of every 100 households in Mahua in 2011, 0 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mahua · ■ Madhwapur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**14%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**35%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****33%**

**36%

Television ****6%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**54%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****35%**

**23%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Mahua?

■ Mahua · ■ Madhwapur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.2%**

**57.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****911**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****916**

**917

Working population ****41.1%**

**35.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.3% for men and 60.2% for women. 53% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 172 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 281 (34%) · **■** Other work 66 (8%) · **■** Marginal 306 (37%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Madhwapur

- Loma2,259 people
- Rampur birt2,223 people
- Hanuman Nagar2,111 people
- Pakri2,102 people
- Durgapatti1,913 people
- Pakar Sam1,649 people
- Sobrauli1,582 people
- Dumra1,397 people

[All 43 villages in Madhwapur](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/madhubani/madhwapur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Mahua from Madhubani?40 km by road
- What is the population of Mahua?2,005 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahua in?Madhubani district (Madhwapur sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Mahua?70.2% (Census 2011)