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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Amhara is a village in Mohanpur mandal, Gaya district, Bihar. With a population of 364 across 63 households, it has a literacy rate of 37.6%. The village is located at coordinates 25.867°N, 84.967°E with postal code 824232.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
sushila devi
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- LGD code
- 257200
- Pincode
- 824232
- Post office
- Fatehpur (Gaya)
- Population
- 364
- Households
- 63
- Literacy rate
- 37.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1080 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 137
- Distance to district centre
- 104 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 88 km
- Distance to Patna
- 35 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 503 km
- Nearest railway station
- Panchpatia Deoria · 11 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Amhara compares
By population, Amhara ranks #154 of 231 villages in Mohanpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
37.6%
−8.1% vs mandal average
- Amhara
- 37.6%
- Mohanpur mandal
- 45.7%
- Gaya district
- 52.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,080
+95 vs mandal average
- Amhara
- 1,080
- Mohanpur mandal
- 985
Household size
people per home
5.8
−0.9 vs mandal average
- Amhara
- 5.8
- Mohanpur mandal
- 6.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Amhara at a glance
Amhara is a village of 364 people in 63 households (Census 2011) in Mohanpur block, Gaya district, Bihar, the 154th-largest of 231 villages in Mohanpur block. Literacy is 38%, 8 points below the block average of 46% and the sex ratio is 1,080 women per 1,000 men. It lies 104 km from the Gaya district centre, 13 km from Sitalpur, the nearest town, 11 km from Panchpatia Deoria railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 824232, served by Fatehpur (Gaya) post office; the LGD village code is 257200. The nearest hospital or health centre is Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital, 8 km away. The sarpanch is sushila devi, and the village votes in Mokama assembly constituency, represented by MLA Anant Kumar Singh. The population is estimated at 429 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Amhara
- 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)
- 4
- Power hours (winter)
- 4
- 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
- No
- 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)
- 24
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 50
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 2
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SIRIYAWA
- Total area (ha)
- 63
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 31.46
- Forest area (ha)
- 9
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Amhara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Amhara
- LGD code
- 257200
- Pincode
- 824232
- Post office
- Fatehpur (Gaya)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 364
- Population (projected 2026)
- 429
- Households
- 63
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1080
- Literacy rate
- 37.6%
- Coordinates
- 25.86667°N, 84.96667°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Munger
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mokama
- Member of Parliament
- Rajiv Ranjan Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Anant Kumar Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- sushila devi
- Block / Mandal
- Mohanpur
Getting there
How to reach Amhara
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna35 kmcapital
- Kolkata503 km
- Delhi825 km
- Hyderabad1156 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPanchpatia Deoria11 km
- Bus stopTaraiya saran bihar24 km
- Hospital / PHCAkhand Jyoti Eye Hospital8 km
- ATM / bankCentral Bank of India-Apahar Branch7 km
- Petrol pumpAAGARWAL PETROL PUMP22 km
- CollegeBindeshwar Singh College26 km
- Police stationPOLICE LINE CHHAPRA GROUND23 km
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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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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