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Bihar urges Centre to raise paddy procurement target to 50 lakh MT
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SHRIMATI DRAVI DEVI
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- LGD code
- 247300
- Pincode
- 802155
- Post office
- Dalippur (Bhojpur)
- Population
- 955
- Households
- 143
- Literacy rate
- 69.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1151 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 256
Census 2011 · in context
How Kukrahan compares
By population, Kukrahan ranks #72 of 109 villages in Piro mandal.
Literacy rate
%
69.6%
+11.1% vs mandal average
- Kukrahan
- 69.6%
- Piro mandal
- 58.5%
- Bhojpur district
- 58.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,151
+225 vs mandal average
- Kukrahan
- 1,151
- Piro mandal
- 926
Household size
people per home
6.7
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Kukrahan
- 6.7
- Piro mandal
- 6.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kukrahan at a glance
Kukrahan is a village of 955 people in 143 households (Census 2011) in Piro block, Bhojpur district, Bihar, the 72nd-largest of 109 villages in Piro block. Literacy is 70%, 11 points above the block average of 59% and the sex ratio is 1,151 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 802155, served by Dalippur (Bhojpur) post office; the LGD village code is 247300. The sarpanch is SHRIMATI DRAVI DEVI, and the village votes in Shahpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rakesh Ranjan. The population is estimated at 1,126 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kukrahan
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- PIRO
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 14
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 38
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 14
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Ayar
- Total area (ha)
- 130
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 119.6
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kukrahan
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kukrahan
- LGD code
- 247300
- Pincode
- 802155
- Post office
- Dalippur (Bhojpur)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 955
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,126
- Households
- 143
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1151
- Literacy rate
- 69.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Arrah
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Shahpur
- Member of Parliament
- Sudama Prasad
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rakesh Ranjan
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SHRIMATI DRAVI DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Piro
- Nearest railway station
- Kauriya Halt (1.0 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
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