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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Parora is a village in Chhorahi mandal, Begusarai district, Bihar. It has a population of 6,353 across 1,275 households with a literacy rate of 47.9%. The village is located at coordinates 25.870°N, 86.574°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SANJIDA KHATUN
Contact: 85****1786
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- LGD code
- 237475
- Pincode
- 848204
- Post office
- Garhpura
- Population
- 6,353
- Households
- 1,275
- Literacy rate
- 47.9%
- Sex ratio
- 914 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,150
- Distance to district centre
- 42 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 4 km
- Distance to Patna
- 147 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 409 km
- Nearest railway station
- Saharsa Junction · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Mahaveer Hospital and Orthocare Centre · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Parora compares
By population, Parora ranks #7 of 59 villages in Chhorahi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
47.9%
−3.4% vs mandal average
- Parora
- 47.9%
- Chhorahi mandal
- 51.3%
- Begusarai district
- 52.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
914
−6 vs mandal average
- Parora
- 914
- Chhorahi mandal
- 920
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Parora
- 5.0
- Chhorahi mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Parora at a glance
Parora is a village of 6,353 people in 1,275 households (Census 2011) in Chhorahi block, Begusarai district, Bihar, the 7th-largest of 59 villages in Chhorahi block. Literacy is 48%, 3 points below the block average of 51% and the sex ratio is 914 women per 1,000 men. It lies 42 km from the Begusarai district centre, 0 km from Amari, the nearest town, 2 km from Saharsa Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 848204, served by Garhpura post office; the LGD village code is 237475. The nearest hospital or health centre is Mahaveer Hospital and Orthocare Centre, <1 km away. The sarpanch is SANJIDA KHATUN, and the village votes in Saharsa assembly constituency, represented by MLA Indrajeet Prasad Gupta. The population is estimated at 7,490 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Parora
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 3
- 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
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- ROSERA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 18
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 45
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- parora
- Total area (ha)
- 261
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 150
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Parora
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Parora
- LGD code
- 237475
- Pincode
- 848204
- Post office
- Garhpura
- Population (Census 2011)
- 6,353
- Population (projected 2026)
- 7,490
- Households
- 1,275
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 914
- Literacy rate
- 47.9%
- Coordinates
- 25.87015°N, 86.57366°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Madhepura
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Saharsa
- Member of Parliament
- Dinesh Chandra Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Indrajeet Prasad Gupta
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SANJIDA KHATUN
- Block / Mandal
- Chhorahi
Getting there
How to reach Parora
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna147 kmcapital
- Kolkata409 km
- Delhi974 km
- Hyderabad1260 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSaharsa Junction2 km
- Bus stopBus Stand21 km
- Hospital / PHCMahaveer Hospital and Orthocare Centre<1 km
- ATM / bankgramin bank16 km
- Petrol pumpPetrol Pump20 km
- CollegeMadhepura College22 km
- Police stationMadhepura Town Police Station23 km
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Parora
1 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🏫Sangyan Public School S.P.S SaharsaSchool3.6 km ↗
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-18
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