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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
UDAY NARAYAN SINGH
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- LGD code
- 253337
- Pincode
- 824124
- Post office
- Obra (Aurangabad(BH))
- Population
- 2,154
- Households
- 299
- Literacy rate
- 48%
- Sex ratio
- 920 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 976
- Distance to district centre
- 65 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 101 km
- Distance to Patna
- 114 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 392 km
- Nearest railway station
- Imli · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Katermala · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Parihara compares
By population, Parihara ranks #28 of 151 villages in Obra mandal.
Literacy rate
%
48.0%
−10.9% vs mandal average
- Parihara
- 48.0%
- Obra mandal
- 58.9%
- Aurangabad district
- 57.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
920
−6 vs mandal average
- Parihara
- 920
- Obra mandal
- 926
Household size
people per home
7.2
+0.8 vs mandal average
- Parihara
- 7.2
- Obra mandal
- 6.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Parihara at a glance
Parihara is a village of 2,154 people in 299 households (Census 2011) in Obra block, Aurangabad district, Bihar, the 28th-largest of 151 villages in Obra block. Literacy is 48%, 11 points below the block average of 59% and the sex ratio is 920 women per 1,000 men. It lies 65 km from the Aurangabad district centre, 0 km from Parihara, the nearest town, 4 km from Imli railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 824124, served by Obra (Aurangabad(BH)) post office; the LGD village code is 253337. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Katermala, 4 km away. The sarpanch is UDAY NARAYAN SINGH, and the village votes in Bakhtiarpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Arun Kumar S/O Satrughan Sao. The population is estimated at 2,540 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Parihara
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 2
- Power hours (winter)
- 4
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- AURANGABAD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 39
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 39
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Gaini
- Total area (ha)
- 342
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 300.39
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Parihara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Parihara
- LGD code
- 253337
- Pincode
- 824124
- Post office
- Obra (Aurangabad(BH))
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,154
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,540
- Households
- 299
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 920
- Literacy rate
- 48.0%
- Coordinates
- 25.53727°N, 86.27282°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Patna Sahib
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bakhtiarpur
- Member of Parliament
- Ravi Shankar Prasad
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Arun Kumar S/O Satrughan Sao
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- UDAY NARAYAN SINGH
- Block / Mandal
- Obra
- Nearest railway station
- Imli (3.6 km)
Getting there
How to reach Parihara
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna114 kmcapital
- Kolkata392 km
- Delhi960 km
- Hyderabad1212 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationImli4 km
- Bus stopHarhar Mahadev20 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Katermala4 km
- ATM / bankSBI19 km
- Petrol pumpLPG gas station22 km
- CollegeG.D College20 km
- Police stationEast Colony Police Station33 km
Nearest to the village
- Railway station
- Imli3.6 km
- Health centre
- Government Hospital, Katermala4.4 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)