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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
VP
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
VIJAY PRASAD
Contact: 62****0267
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- LGD code
- 246881
- Pincode
- 802314
- Post office
- Kayamnagar
- Population
- 645
- Households
- 107
- Literacy rate
- 71.9%
- Sex ratio
- 880 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 405
Census 2011 · in context
How Deorath compares
By population, Deorath ranks #57 of 79 villages in Barhara mandal.
Literacy rate
%
71.9%
+14.3% vs mandal average
- Deorath
- 71.9%
- Barhara mandal
- 57.6%
- Bhojpur district
- 58.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
880
+2 vs mandal average
- Deorath
- 880
- Barhara mandal
- 878
Household size
people per home
6.0
−0.8 vs mandal average
- Deorath
- 6.0
- Barhara mandal
- 6.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Deorath at a glance
Deorath is a village of 645 people in 107 households (Census 2011) in Barhara block, Bhojpur district, Bihar, the 57th-largest of 79 villages in Barhara block. Literacy is 72%, 14 points above the block average of 58% and the sex ratio is 880 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 802314, served by Kayamnagar post office; the LGD village code is 246881. The sarpanch is VIJAY PRASAD, and the village votes in Alauli assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ram Chandra Sada. The population is estimated at 760 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Matuk Pur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deorath · this village | 645 | 72% | — |
| Ram Shahar · Barhara | 4,337 | 64% | — |
| Matukpur · Barhara | 2,724 | 61% | — |
| Ramsagar · Barhara | 2,130 | 65% | — |
| Panditpur · Barhara | 877 | 77% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Deorath
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 3
- Power hours (winter)
- 2
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- ARRAH
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 15
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 3
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Matukpur
- Total area (ha)
- 76
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 24.3
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Deorath
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Deorath
- LGD code
- 246881
- Pincode
- 802314
- Post office
- Kayamnagar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 645
- Population (projected 2026)
- 760
- Households
- 107
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 880
- Literacy rate
- 71.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khagaria
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Alauli
- Member of Parliament
- Rajesh Verma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ram Chandra Sada
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- VIJAY PRASAD
- Block / Mandal
- Barhara
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 802314
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Deorath
Other villages in Barhara mandal
View all 60+ →- Babura
- Khawaspur (Unsurveyed)
- Gunri
- Sinha
- Saraiya
- Sohra
- Sheo Diara (Ditto)
- Balua
- Akauna
- Nathmalpur
- Barahra
- Semaria Pararia
- Chhinegaon
- Bakhorapur
- Gazipur Farhada
- Gunri
- Bishunpur
- Ram Shahar
- Pharna
- Piparpanti
- Paiga
- Chatar
- Nargada
- Babhangawan
- Matukpur
- Galchaur
- Lauhar
- Raepur Binganwan
- Pakri
- Gyanpur
- Karja
- Ramsagar
- Shivpur
- Jagatpur
- Rampur
- Krishnagarh
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)