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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Dharhara is a village in Silao mandal, Nalanda district, Bihar, with a population of 4,858 across 745 households. The village has a literacy rate of 53.9% and is located at coordinates 25.259°N, 86.410°E with PIN code 803111.
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- LGD code
- 245087
- Pincode
- 803111
- Post office
- Nalanda
- Population
- 4,858
- Households
- 745
- Literacy rate
- 53.9%
- Sex ratio
- 926 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,730
- Distance to district centre
- 42 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 22 km
- Distance to Patna
- 133 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 359 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dharhara · <1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dharhara · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dharhara compares
By population, Dharhara ranks #9 of 49 villages in Silao mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.9%
+2.0% vs mandal average
- Dharhara
- 53.9%
- Silao mandal
- 51.9%
- Nalanda district
- 52.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
926
+2 vs mandal average
- Dharhara
- 926
- Silao mandal
- 924
Household size
people per home
6.5
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Dharhara
- 6.5
- Silao mandal
- 6.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dharhara at a glance
Dharhara is a village of 4,858 people in 745 households (Census 2011) in Silao block, Nalanda district, Bihar, the 9th-largest of 49 villages in Silao block. Literacy is 54%, 2 points above the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 926 women per 1,000 men. It lies 42 km from the Nalanda district centre, 10 km from Jamalpur, the nearest town, under 1 km from Dharhara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 803111, served by Nalanda post office; the LGD village code is 245087. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dharhara, <1 km away. The village votes in Sahebpur Kamal assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sattanand Sambuddha Alias Lalan Jee. The population is estimated at 5,728 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dharhara
- 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)
- 3
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- Post office
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SILAO
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 8
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 10
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Dharharan
- Total area (ha)
- 323
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 232.1
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dharhara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dharhara
- LGD code
- 245087
- Pincode
- 803111
- Post office
- Nalanda
- Population (Census 2011)
- 4,858
- Population (projected 2026)
- 5,728
- Households
- 745
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 926
- Literacy rate
- 53.9%
- Coordinates
- 25.25859°N, 86.41007°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Begusarai
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sahebpur Kamal
- Member of Parliament
- Giriraj Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sattanand Sambuddha Alias Lalan Jee
- Block / Mandal
- Silao
Getting there
How to reach Dharhara
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna133 kmcapital
- Kolkata359 km
- Delhi985 km
- Hyderabad1199 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDharhara<1 km
- Hospital / PHCDharhara<1 km
- ATM / bankICICI Bank10 km
- CollegeKDS colleage29 km
- Police stationFaridpur Police Station9 km
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- 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)