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Dibi, Siwan

This is the Indian village located in Pakari, Siwan, Bihar, India.

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ135615717 ↗
Source-derived summary

Dibi is a village located in the Hasanpura block of Siwan district in Bihar, India. It is under the administrative control of Pakari gram panchayat and neighbor of Merahi village.

Geography

Dibi covers a total area of approximately 147.35 hectares. Agriculture is the primary occupation due to rich alluvial soil.

Administration

Dibi functions under the Panchayati raj system. The village is governed by a gram panchayat and administrated by an elected Mukhiya.

Demographics

As per the 2011 Census of India, Dibi has a total population of 2,164 living in 156 households. There are 998 males and 1166 females.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Dibi, Siwan” as this is the Indian village located in Pakari, Siwan, Bihar, India. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Dibi, Siwan and Indian.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2011, 1166—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Dibi, Siwan and Indian providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Dibi, Siwan”, the useful work is to connect “this is the Indian village located in Pakari, Siwan, Bihar, India” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q135615717. Authority coordinates are 26.062, 84.405. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2011 and 1166.

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Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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This entry incorporates text from “Dibi, Siwan” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.