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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Amra is a village in Manpur mandal, Gaya district, Bihar, with a population of 790 in 144 households. The village has a literacy rate of 46.2% and postal code 823003.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RITA DEVI
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- LGD code
- 255289
- Pincode
- 823003
- Post office
- Buniyad Ganj
- Population
- 790
- Households
- 144
- Literacy rate
- 46.2%
- Sex ratio
- 908 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 337
- Distance to district centre
- 197 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 168 km
- Distance to Patna
- 277 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 381 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kanki · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Chakulia Rural Hospital · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Amra compares
By population, Amra ranks #52 of 78 villages in Manpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
46.2%
−2.3% vs mandal average
- Amra
- 46.2%
- Manpur mandal
- 48.5%
- Gaya district
- 52.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
908
−27 vs mandal average
- Amra
- 908
- Manpur mandal
- 935
Household size
people per home
5.5
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Amra
- 5.5
- Manpur mandal
- 5.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Amra at a glance
Amra is a village of 790 people in 144 households (Census 2011) in Manpur block, Gaya district, Bihar, the 52nd-largest of 78 villages in Manpur block. Literacy is 46%, 2 points below the block average of 49% and the sex ratio is 908 women per 1,000 men. It lies 197 km from the Gaya district centre, 4 km from Nayanagar, the nearest town, 4 km from Kanki railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 823003, served by Buniyad Ganj post office; the LGD village code is 255289. The nearest hospital or health centre is Chakulia Rural Hospital, 9 km away. The sarpanch is RITA DEVI, and the village votes in Kusheshwar Asthan assembly constituency, represented by MLA Atirek Kumar. The population is estimated at 874 in 2026, up 11% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Amra
- 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
- 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
- GAYA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 15
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Sohaipur
- Total area (ha)
- 45
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 33
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Amra
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Amra
- LGD code
- 255289
- Pincode
- 823003
- Post office
- Buniyad Ganj
- Population (Census 2011)
- 790
- Population (projected 2026)
- 874
- Households
- 144
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 908
- Literacy rate
- 46.2%
- Coordinates
- 25.97174°N, 87.87568°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Samastipur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kusheshwar Asthan
- Member of Parliament
- Shambhavi Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Atirek Kumar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RITA DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Manpur
Getting there
How to reach Amra
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna277 kmcapital
- Kolkata381 km
- Delhi1094 km
- Hyderabad1360 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKanki4 km
- Hospital / PHCChakulia Rural Hospital9 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil10 km
- Collegecollege ground17 km
- Police stationRailway Police Force RPF16 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-08
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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