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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Amarpur is a small village in Gurua mandal, Gaya district, Bihar, with a population of 491 across 99 households. The village has a literacy rate of 44.4% and is located at 25.040°N, 86.903°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SANJAY KUMAR
Contact: 99****0416
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- LGD code
- 255653
- Pincode
- 804405
- Post office
- Dharaut
- Population
- 491
- Households
- 99
- Literacy rate
- 44.4%
- Sex ratio
- 933 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 275
- Distance to district centre
- 113 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 135 km
- Distance to Patna
- 188 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 312 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bela · 10 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Dumrama · 2 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Amarpur compares
By population, Amarpur ranks #137 of 182 villages in Gurua mandal.
Literacy rate
%
44.4%
−7.7% vs mandal average
Amarpur44.4%
Gurua mandal52.1%
Gaya district52.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
933
−7 vs mandal average
Amarpur933
Gurua mandal940
Household size
people per home
5.0
−1.2 vs mandal average
Amarpur5.0
Gurua mandal6.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Amarpur at a glance
Amarpur is a village of 491 people in 99 households (Census 2011) in Gurua block, Gaya district, Bihar, the 137th-largest of 182 villages in Gurua block. Literacy is 44%, 8 points below the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 933 women per 1,000 men. It lies 113 km from the Gaya district centre, 21 km from Babura, the nearest town, 10 km from Bela railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 804405, served by Dharaut post office; the LGD village code is 255653. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Dumrama, 2 km away. The sarpanch is SANJAY KUMAR, and the village votes in Mohiuddinnagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rajesh Kumar Singh. The population is estimated at 579 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Amarpur
- 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)
- 5
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- 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)
- 23
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 58
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 3
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Simaru
- Total area (ha)
- 39
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 18
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Amarpur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Amarpur
- LGD code
- 255653
- Pincode
- 804405
- Post office
- Dharaut
- Population (Census 2011)
- 491
- Population (projected 2026)
- 579
- Households
- 99
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 933
- Literacy rate
- 44.4%
- Coordinates
- 25.03999°N, 86.90284°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ujiarpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mohiuddinnagar
- Member of Parliament
- Nityanand Rai
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rajesh Kumar Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SANJAY KUMAR
- Block / Mandal
- Gurua
Getting there
How to reach Amarpur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna188 kmcapital
- Kolkata312 km
- Delhi1040 km
- Hyderabad1218 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBela10 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Dumrama2 km
- ATM / banktilkamanjhi19 km
- CollegeMarwari college23 km
- Police stationBabarganj Police Station22 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-10
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)