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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Akorhi is a village in Barhampur mandal, Buxar district, Bihar with a population of 938 in 129 households. The literacy rate is 47.1%, and it is situated at 24.976°N, 84.206°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SREE BHAGWAN SINGH
Contact: 99****6740
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- LGD code
- 248042
- Pincode
- 802112
- Post office
- Brahampur
- Population
- 938
- Households
- 129
- Literacy rate
- 47.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1039 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 216
- Distance to district centre
- 169 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 118 km
- Distance to Patna
- 116 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 500 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dehri on Sone · 7 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Darihat · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Akorhi compares
By population, Akorhi ranks #47 of 104 villages in Barhampur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
47.1%
−8.3% vs mandal average
- Akorhi
- 47.1%
- Barhampur mandal
- 55.4%
- Buxar district
- 58.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,039
+117 vs mandal average
- Akorhi
- 1,039
- Barhampur mandal
- 922
Household size
people per home
7.3
+0.5 vs mandal average
- Akorhi
- 7.3
- Barhampur mandal
- 6.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Akorhi at a glance
Akorhi is a village of 938 people in 129 households (Census 2011) in Barhampur block, Buxar district, Bihar, the 47th-largest of 104 villages in Barhampur block. Literacy is 47%, 8 points below the block average of 55% and the sex ratio is 1,039 women per 1,000 men. It lies 169 km from the Buxar district centre, 1 km from Sherpur, the nearest town, 7 km from Dehri on Sone railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 802112, served by Brahampur post office; the LGD village code is 248042. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Darihat, 3 km away. The sarpanch is SREE BHAGWAN SINGH, and the village votes in Fatuha assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rama Nand Yadav. The population is estimated at 1,106 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Akorhi
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DUMRAON
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Pokharhan
- Total area (ha)
- 159.4
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 107.87
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Akorhi
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Akorhi
- LGD code
- 248042
- Pincode
- 802112
- Post office
- Brahampur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 938
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,106
- Households
- 129
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1039
- Literacy rate
- 47.1%
- Coordinates
- 24.97641°N, 84.20568°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Patna Sahib
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Fatuha
- Member of Parliament
- Ravi Shankar Prasad
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rama Nand Yadav
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SREE BHAGWAN SINGH
- Block / Mandal
- Barhampur
Getting there
How to reach Akorhi
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna116 kmcapital
- Kolkata500 km
- Delhi803 km
- Hyderabad1031 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDehri on Sone7 km
- Bus stopLahuara Bus Stop25 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Darihat3 km
- ATM / bankPunjab National Bank18 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil6 km
- CollegeJawaharlal Nehru College8 km
- Police stationKudra Police Station42 km
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Akorhi
1 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🏫DAV Public School, DalmianagarSchool3.2 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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
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