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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RAJKUMAR GAHLAUT
Contact: 98****3369
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- LGD code
- 255842
- Pincode
- 824219
- Post office
- Amas
- Population
- 991
- Households
- 150
- Literacy rate
- 56.6%
- Sex ratio
- 986 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 379
Census 2011 · in context
How Balkhora compares
By population, Balkhora ranks #44 of 102 villages in Amas mandal.
Literacy rate
%
56.6%
+3.8% vs mandal average
- Balkhora
- 56.6%
- Amas mandal
- 52.8%
- Gaya district
- 52.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
986
+43 vs mandal average
- Balkhora
- 986
- Amas mandal
- 943
Household size
people per home
6.6
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Balkhora
- 6.6
- Amas mandal
- 6.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Balkhora at a glance
Balkhora is a village of 991 people in 150 households (Census 2011) in Amas block, Gaya district, Bihar, the 44th-largest of 102 villages in Amas block. Literacy is 57%, 4 points above the block average of 53% and the sex ratio is 986 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 824219, served by Amas post office; the LGD village code is 255842. The sarpanch is RAJKUMAR GAHLAUT, and the village votes in Bakhri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sanjay Kumar. The population is estimated at 1,168 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Balkhora
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 3
- Power hours (winter)
- 3
- 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
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SHERGHATI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 22
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 60
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Barki Chilmi, Amas
- Total area (ha)
- 70
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 67
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Balkhora
- LGD code
- 255842
- Pincode
- 824219
- Post office
- Amas
- Population (Census 2011)
- 991
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,168
- Households
- 150
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 986
- Literacy rate
- 56.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Begusarai
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bakhri
- Member of Parliament
- Giriraj Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sanjay Kumar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RAJKUMAR GAHLAUT
- Block / Mandal
- Amas
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)