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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Keora is a substantial village in Punpun mandal, Patna district, Bihar, with a population of 8,763 across 1,771 households. It has a literacy rate of 47.7% and is located at coordinates 25.986°N, 86.015°E.
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- LGD code
- 246089
- Pincode
- 804453
- Post office
- Punpun
- Population
- 8,763
- Households
- 1,771
- Literacy rate
- 47.7%
- Sex ratio
- 936 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 3,963
- Distance to district centre
- 46 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Patna
- 98 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 448 km
- Nearest railway station
- Haiaghat · 14 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr.Durgesh Clinic · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Keora compares
By population, Keora ranks #3 of 86 villages in Punpun mandal.
Literacy rate
%
47.7%
−1.7% vs mandal average
- Keora
- 47.7%
- Punpun mandal
- 49.4%
- Patna district
- 59.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
936
+15 vs mandal average
- Keora
- 936
- Punpun mandal
- 921
Household size
people per home
4.9
−0.6 vs mandal average
- Keora
- 4.9
- Punpun mandal
- 5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Keora at a glance
Keora is a village of 8,763 people in 1,771 households (Census 2011) in Punpun block, Patna district, Bihar, the 3rd-largest of 86 villages in Punpun block. Literacy is 48%, 2 points below the block average of 49% and the sex ratio is 936 women per 1,000 men. It lies 46 km from the Patna district centre, 5 km from Rarhi, the nearest town, 14 km from Haiaghat railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 804453, served by Punpun post office; the LGD village code is 246089. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr.Durgesh Clinic, 5 km away. The village votes in Hayaghat assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ram Chandra Prasad. The population is estimated at 10,332 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Keora
- 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)
- 7
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 2
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- Yes
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- PATNA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 21
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 21
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Keora
- Total area (ha)
- 737
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 643.2
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Keora
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Keora
- LGD code
- 246089
- Pincode
- 804453
- Post office
- Punpun
- Population (Census 2011)
- 8,763
- Population (projected 2026)
- 10,332
- Households
- 1,771
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 936
- Literacy rate
- 47.7%
- Coordinates
- 25.98575°N, 86.01510°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Samastipur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Hayaghat
- Member of Parliament
- Shambhavi Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ram Chandra Prasad
- Block / Mandal
- Punpun
Getting there
How to reach Keora
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna98 kmcapital
- Kolkata448 km
- Delhi918 km
- Hyderabad1232 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationHaiaghat14 km
- Hospital / PHCDr.Durgesh Clinic5 km
- ATM / bankHDFC Bank16 km
- Petrol pumpPetrol Pump21 km
- Collegeपूर्णिमा राम प्रताप संस्कृत महाविद्यालय19 km
- Police stationAdarsh Police Station26 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
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