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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Arti Kumari
Contact: 88****1022
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- LGD code
- 257851
- Pincode
- 805107
- Post office
- Kosi (Nawada)
- Population
- 1,182
- Households
- 166
- Literacy rate
- 52.5%
- Sex ratio
- 963 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 538
Census 2011 · in context
How Jhakhor compares
By population, Jhakhor ranks #39 of 77 villages in Roh mandal.
Literacy rate
%
52.5%
+4.0% vs mandal average
- Jhakhor
- 52.5%
- Roh mandal
- 48.5%
- Nawada district
- 49.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
963
+28 vs mandal average
- Jhakhor
- 963
- Roh mandal
- 935
Household size
people per home
7.1
+0.5 vs mandal average
- Jhakhor
- 7.1
- Roh mandal
- 6.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jhakhor at a glance
Jhakhor is a village of 1,182 people in 166 households (Census 2011) in Roh block, Nawada district, Bihar, the 39th-largest of 77 villages in Roh block. Literacy is 53%, 4 points above the block average of 49% and the sex ratio is 963 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 805107, served by Kosi (Nawada) post office; the LGD village code is 257851. The sarpanch is Arti Kumari, and the village votes in Begusarai assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kundan Kumar. The population is estimated at 1,394 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bhatta →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jhakhor · this village | 1,182 | 53% | — |
| Bhatta · Roh | 3,028 | 45% | — |
| Bara · Roh | 1,927 | 49% | — |
| Anaila · Roh | 1,596 | 58% | — |
| Katahra · Roh | 1,229 | 58% | — |
| Pratabpur Khalsa · Roh | 725 | 58% | — |
| Partabpur Nizamat · Roh | 616 | 47% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Jhakhor
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- 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
- NAWADA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 25
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 7
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Mata
- Total area (ha)
- 54
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 34.49
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Jhakhor
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Jhakhor
- LGD code
- 257851
- Pincode
- 805107
- Post office
- Kosi (Nawada)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,182
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,394
- Households
- 166
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 963
- Literacy rate
- 52.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Begusarai
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Begusarai
- Member of Parliament
- Giriraj Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kundan Kumar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Arti Kumari
- Block / Mandal
- Roh
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 805107
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Jhakhor
Other villages in Roh mandal
View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)