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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SANTOSH RAM
Contact: 95****5612
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- LGD code
- 247340
- Pincode
- 802202
- Post office
- Agiaon Bazar
- Population
- 6,516
- Households
- 879
- Literacy rate
- 62.9%
- Sex ratio
- 927 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,772
Census 2011 · in context
How Lahthan compares
By population, Lahthan ranks #7 of 109 villages in Piro mandal.
Literacy rate
%
62.9%
+4.4% vs mandal average
- Lahthan
- 62.9%
- Piro mandal
- 58.5%
- Bhojpur district
- 58.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
927
+1 vs mandal average
- Lahthan
- 927
- Piro mandal
- 926
Household size
people per home
7.4
+0.8 vs mandal average
- Lahthan
- 7.4
- Piro mandal
- 6.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Lahthan at a glance
Lahthan is a village of 6,516 people in 879 households (Census 2011) in Piro block, Bhojpur district, Bihar, the 7th-largest of 109 villages in Piro block. Literacy is 63%, 4 points above the block average of 59% and the sex ratio is 927 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 802202, served by Agiaon Bazar post office; the LGD village code is 247340. The sarpanch is SANTOSH RAM, and the village votes in Shahpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rakesh Ranjan. The population is estimated at 7,682 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Lahthan
- 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
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- Railway station
- Yes
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- PIRO
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 13
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 53
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 13
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Lahthan
- Total area (ha)
- 898
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 651.03
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Lahthan
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Lahthan
- LGD code
- 247340
- Pincode
- 802202
- Post office
- Agiaon Bazar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 6,516
- Population (projected 2026)
- 7,682
- Households
- 879
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 927
- Literacy rate
- 62.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Arrah
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Shahpur
- Member of Parliament
- Sudama Prasad
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rakesh Ranjan
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SANTOSH RAM
- Block / Mandal
- Piro
- Nearest railway station
- Kauriya Halt (1.0 km)
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)