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By population, Rajpura ranks #48 of 60 villages in Kaler mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Rajpura is a village of 863 people in 165 households (Census 2011) in Kaler block, Arwal district, Bihar, the 48th-largest of 60 villages in Kaler block. Literacy is 54%, 4 points below the block average of 58% and the sex ratio is 1,040 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 824127, served by Kaler post office; the LGD village code is 260705. The sarpanch is VIKRAM PASWAN, and the village votes in Suryagarha assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ramanand Mandal. The population is estimated at 1,017 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rajpura · this village | 863 | 54% | — |
| Belsar · Kaler | 5,633 | 61% | — |
| Sarwarpur · Kaler | 2,526 | 52% | — |
| Durgapur · Kaler | 1,255 | 57% | — |
| Chauki · Kaler | 373 | 51% | — |
| Belsar Chauki · Kaler | — | — | — |
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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