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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Dariapur is a village in Sherghati mandal, Gaya district, Bihar. It has a population of 694 persons across 107 households with a literacy rate of 62.4%. The village is located at coordinates 25.822°N, 85.033°E and has PIN code 824211.
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- LGD code
- 256290
- Pincode
- 824211
- Post office
- Sherghati
- Population
- 694
- Households
- 107
- Literacy rate
- 62.4%
- Sex ratio
- 933 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 371
- Distance to district centre
- 96 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 167 km
- Distance to Patna
- 27 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 495 km
- Nearest railway station
- Sitalpur · 6 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dariapur compares
By population, Dariapur ranks #56 of 88 villages in Sherghati mandal.
Literacy rate
%
62.4%
+15.2% vs mandal average
- Dariapur
- 62.4%
- Sherghati mandal
- 47.2%
- Gaya district
- 52.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
933
−8 vs mandal average
- Dariapur
- 933
- Sherghati mandal
- 941
Household size
people per home
6.5
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Dariapur
- 6.5
- Sherghati mandal
- 6.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dariapur at a glance
Dariapur is a village of 694 people in 107 households (Census 2011) in Sherghati block, Gaya district, Bihar, the 56th-largest of 88 villages in Sherghati block. Literacy is 62%, 15 points above the block average of 47% and the sex ratio is 933 women per 1,000 men. It lies 96 km from the Gaya district centre, 6 km from Sitalpur, the nearest town, 6 km from Sitalpur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 824211, served by Sherghati post office; the LGD village code is 256290. The nearest hospital or health centre is Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital, 6 km away. The village votes in Sonbarsha assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ratnesh Sada. The population is estimated at 8,059 in 2026, up 1061% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dariapur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 1
- Power hours (winter)
- 2
- 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
- Yes
- 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)
- 16
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 16
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 16
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Cherki
- Total area (ha)
- 73
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 21.5
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dariapur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dariapur
- LGD code
- 256290
- Pincode
- 824211
- Post office
- Sherghati
- Population (Census 2011)
- 694
- Population (projected 2026)
- 8,059
- Households
- 107
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 933
- Literacy rate
- 62.4%
- Coordinates
- 25.82172°N, 85.03261°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Madhepura
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sonbarsha
- Member of Parliament
- Dinesh Chandra Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ratnesh Sada
- Block / Mandal
- Sherghati
Getting there
How to reach Dariapur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna27 kmcapital
- Kolkata495 km
- Delhi833 km
- Hyderabad1156 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSitalpur6 km
- Bus stopHajipur Bus Stop23 km
- Hospital / PHCAkhand Jyoti Eye Hospital6 km
- ATM / bankCentral Bank of India-Apahar Branch15 km
- Petrol pumpPetrol Pump21 km
- CollegeBindeshwar Singh College20 km
- Police stationSonpur police station20 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-08
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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