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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SATYENDRA KUMAR SINGH
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- LGD code
- 248863
- Pincode
- 802129
- Post office
- Nawanagar (Buxar)
- Population
- 110
- Households
- 13
- Literacy rate
- 58.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1115 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 49
Census 2011 · in context
How Kariyakant compares
By population, Kariyakant ranks #93 of 107 villages in Nawanagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
58.2%
+3.9% vs mandal average
- Kariyakant
- 58.2%
- Nawanagar mandal
- 54.3%
- Buxar district
- 58.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,115
+164 vs mandal average
- Kariyakant
- 1,115
- Nawanagar mandal
- 951
Household size
people per home
8.5
+2.0 vs mandal average
- Kariyakant
- 8.5
- Nawanagar mandal
- 6.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kariyakant at a glance
Kariyakant is a village of 110 people in 13 households (Census 2011) in Nawanagar block, Buxar district, Bihar, the 93rd-largest of 107 villages in Nawanagar block. Literacy is 58%, 4 points above the block average of 54% and the sex ratio is 1,115 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 802129, served by Nawanagar (Buxar) post office; the LGD village code is 248863. The sarpanch is SATYENDRA KUMAR SINGH, and the village votes in Makhdumpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Subedar Das. The population is estimated at 130 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Babu Ganj English →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kariyakant · this village | 110 | 58% | — |
| Babuganj English · Nawanagar | 2,072 | 60% | — |
| Dafar Dehri · Nawanagar | 1,323 | 52% | — |
| Haroj · Nawanagar | 1,258 | 49% | — |
| Arap Khurd · Nawanagar | 798 | 66% | — |
| Bararhi · Nawanagar | 708 | 64% | — |
| Gorhiya · Nawanagar | 687 | 64% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kariyakant
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 2
- Power hours (winter)
- 5
- Primary school
- 0
- 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
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DOMRAON
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 28
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 31
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 9
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Babuganj English
- Total area (ha)
- 36.4
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 34.4
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kariyakant
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kariyakant
- LGD code
- 248863
- Pincode
- 802129
- Post office
- Nawanagar (Buxar)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 110
- Population (projected 2026)
- 130
- Households
- 13
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1115
- Literacy rate
- 58.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jahanabad
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Makhdumpur
- Member of Parliament
- Surendra Prasad Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Subedar Das
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SATYENDRA KUMAR SINGH
- Block / Mandal
- Nawanagar
- Nearest railway station
- Niyazipur (4.3 km)
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- 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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)