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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SAMRESH SINGH
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- LGD code
- 247760
- Pincode
- 802208
- Post office
- Sahar (Bhojpur)
- Population
- 888
- Households
- 145
- Literacy rate
- 65.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1009 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 440
Census 2011 · in context
How Sakhuana compares
By population, Sakhuana ranks #39 of 56 villages in Sahar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
65.2%
+10.0% vs mandal average
- Sakhuana
- 65.2%
- Sahar mandal
- 55.2%
- Bhojpur district
- 58.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,009
+43 vs mandal average
- Sakhuana
- 1,009
- Sahar mandal
- 966
Household size
people per home
6.1
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Sakhuana
- 6.1
- Sahar mandal
- 5.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sakhuana at a glance
Sakhuana is a village of 888 people in 145 households (Census 2011) in Sahar block, Bhojpur district, Bihar, the 39th-largest of 56 villages in Sahar block. Literacy is 65%, 10 points above the block average of 55% and the sex ratio is 1,009 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 802208, served by Sahar (Bhojpur) post office; the LGD village code is 247760. The sarpanch is SAMRESH SINGH, and the village votes in Tarari assembly constituency, represented by MLA Vishal Prashant. The population is estimated at 1,047 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kharaon Chaturbhuj →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sakhuana · this village | 888 | 65% | — |
| Kharaon Buzurg · Sahar | 2,613 | 50% | — |
| Kharaon Chaturbhuj · Sahar | 2,521 | 56% | — |
| Dhauri · Sahar | 1,401 | 55% | — |
| Lodipur · Sahar | 784 | 56% | — |
| Dhauri Chak · Sahar | 0 | — | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sakhuana
- 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
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- ARWAL
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 12
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 45
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Kharawchaturbhuj
- Total area (ha)
- 34
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 31
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sakhuana
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sakhuana
- LGD code
- 247760
- Pincode
- 802208
- Post office
- Sahar (Bhojpur)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 888
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,047
- Households
- 145
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1009
- Literacy rate
- 65.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Arrah
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Tarari
- Member of Parliament
- Sudama Prasad
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Vishal Prashant
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SAMRESH SINGH
- Block / Mandal
- Sahar
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View all 56+ →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
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