# Mahamda Village, Punpun, Patna (Bihar) – PIN Code & Facilities

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Village · Punpun, Patna 

# Mahamda

Mahamda is a village in Punpun sub-district of Patna district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,562 people in 299 households**, the 22nd largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.5%.

- 1,562people (2011)
- 299households
- 59.8%literacy
- 910females per 1,000 males

## Mahamda PIN code and other codes

Mahamda falls in Punpun sub-district, Patna district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatKhana Purvi
- Community development blockPunpun
- Census village code246120

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

## How far is Mahamda from nearby towns?

- Punpun (sub-district HQ)20 km by road
- Patna (district HQ)18 km by road
- Patna (nearest town)18 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 Mahamda?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Mahamda; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Lakhaveer
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Fatehpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Patna
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)5 h summer · 6 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 Mahamda known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 89% of the 104 hectares of village land is sown, and 61 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 Mahamda

Of every 100 households in Mahamda in 2011, 0 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Mahamda · ■ Punpun rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**80%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**93%

Use banking services ****29%**

**46%

Television ****21%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****5%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****44%**

**35%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Mahamda?

■ Mahamda · ■ Punpun rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.8%**

**62.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****910**

**921

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****935**

**955

Working population ****38.3%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.8% for men and 44.4% for women. 47% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 39 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 419 (70%) · **■** Other work 43 (7%) · **■** Marginal 97 (16%)

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 Punpun

- Maranchi1,861 people
- Chamuchak Majhauli1,759 people
- Dharahra1,674 people
- Shekhpura1,571 people
- Nawada1,523 people
- Bhabhaul1,456 people
- Bazidpur1,378 people
- Sapahua1,374 people

[All 85 villages in Punpun](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/patna/punpun/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Mahamda from Patna?18 km by road
- What is the population of Mahamda?1,562 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahamda in?Patna district (Punpun sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Mahamda?59.8% (Census 2011)