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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
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- LGD code
- 245139
- Pincode
- 803109
- Post office
- Giriak
- Population
- 1,563
- Households
- 237
- Literacy rate
- 56.9%
- Sex ratio
- 918 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 601
Census 2011 · in context
How Tarokhar compares
By population, Tarokhar ranks #21 of 45 villages in Giriak mandal.
Literacy rate
%
56.9%
+7.9% vs mandal average
- Tarokhar
- 56.9%
- Giriak mandal
- 49.0%
- Nalanda district
- 52.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
918
−14 vs mandal average
- Tarokhar
- 918
- Giriak mandal
- 932
Household size
people per home
6.6
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Tarokhar
- 6.6
- Giriak mandal
- 6.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Tarokhar at a glance
Tarokhar is a village of 1,563 people in 237 households (Census 2011) in Giriak block, Nalanda district, Bihar, the 21st-largest of 45 villages in Giriak block. Literacy is 57%, 8 points above the block average of 49% and the sex ratio is 918 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 803109, served by Giriak post office; the LGD village code is 245139. The village votes in Begusarai assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kundan Kumar. The population is estimated at 1,843 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Raitar →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tarokhar · this village | 1,563 | 57% | — |
| Raitar · Giriak | 9,241 | 46% | — |
| Mohammadpur · Giriak | 1,275 | 28% | — |
| Kasuchak · Giriak | 0 | — | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Tarokhar
- 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)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- BIHARSHARIF
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 25
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 7
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Raitar
- Total area (ha)
- 144
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 109.9
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Tarokhar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Tarokhar
- LGD code
- 245139
- Pincode
- 803109
- Post office
- Giriak
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,563
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,843
- Households
- 237
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 918
- Literacy rate
- 56.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Begusarai
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Begusarai
- Member of Parliament
- Giriraj Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kundan Kumar
- Block / Mandal
- Giriak
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 803109
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Tarokhar
Other villages in Giriak mandal
View all 54+ →- Raitar
- Ghosrawan
- Pokharpur
- Chorsua
- Giriak Bahbolpur
- Ghorahi
- Pearepur
- Bakra
- Isua
- Dasrathpur
- Durgapur
- Puri
- Satauwa
- Gazipur
- Kandopur
- Adampur
- Puraini
- Kairua
- Ghora Katora
- Markata
- Saindih
- Adampur
- Sakuchi
- Mohammadpur
- Manpur
- Daktar English
- Jalalpur
- Mahila
- Rupaspur
- Mahatpura
- Khanpur
- Takhat Rauza
- Barhaita
- Palhauwa
- Lakkha Chak
- Katauna (Part In Katrisarai)
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)