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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Gorhna is a village in Masaurhi mandal, Patna district, Bihar. The village has a population of 1,136 spread across 208 households, with a literacy rate of 37.6%. It is located at coordinates 25.803°N, 85.681°E and uses PIN code 804452.
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- LGD code
- 245858
- Pincode
- 804452
- Post office
- Mashaurhi
- Population
- 1,136
- Households
- 208
- Literacy rate
- 37.6%
- Sex ratio
- 989 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 384
- Distance to district centre
- 33 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 2 km
- Distance to Patna
- 59 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 451 km
- Nearest railway station
- Karpurigram · 9 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Lalita Clinic · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Gorhna compares
By population, Gorhna ranks #58 of 102 villages in Masaurhi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
37.6%
−12.0% vs mandal average
- Gorhna
- 37.6%
- Masaurhi mandal
- 49.6%
- Patna district
- 59.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
989
+68 vs mandal average
- Gorhna
- 989
- Masaurhi mandal
- 921
Household size
people per home
5.5
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Gorhna
- 5.5
- Masaurhi mandal
- 5.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gorhna at a glance
Gorhna is a village of 1,136 people in 208 households (Census 2011) in Masaurhi block, Patna district, Bihar, the 58th-largest of 102 villages in Masaurhi block. Literacy is 38%, 12 points below the block average of 50% and the sex ratio is 989 women per 1,000 men. It lies 33 km from the Patna district centre, 0 km from Morwa, the nearest town, 9 km from Karpurigram railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 804452, served by Mashaurhi post office; the LGD village code is 245858. The nearest hospital or health centre is Lalita Clinic, 6 km away. The village votes in Sarairanjan assembly constituency, represented by MLA Vijay Kumar Choudhary. The population is estimated at 1,339 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Gorhna
- 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
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 4
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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
- MASAURI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 14
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 14
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Khranat
- Total area (ha)
- 269
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 90.08
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Gorhna
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Gorhna
- LGD code
- 245858
- Pincode
- 804452
- Post office
- Mashaurhi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,136
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,339
- Households
- 208
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 989
- Literacy rate
- 37.6%
- Coordinates
- 25.80333°N, 85.68109°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ujiarpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sarairanjan
- Member of Parliament
- Nityanand Rai
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Vijay Kumar Choudhary
- Block / Mandal
- Masaurhi
Getting there
How to reach Gorhna
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna59 kmcapital
- Kolkata451 km
- Delhi894 km
- Hyderabad1195 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKarpurigram9 km
- Bus stopHospital Chawk6 km
- Hospital / PHCLalita Clinic6 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India KASHIPUR SAMASTIPUR12 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil Petrol Pump10 km
- CollegeDr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agriculture University20 km
- Police stationPolice Station Dalsinghsarai22 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Gorhna
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Khudneshwar Asthan MorwaTemple1.5 km ↗
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
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