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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Khairaha is a village in Dehri mandal, Rohtas district, Bihar. With a population of 1,853 across 269 households, the village has a literacy rate of 69.1%. The postal code is 821305.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SANTOSH KUMAR
Contact: 91****7319
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- LGD code
- 252577
- Pincode
- 821305
- Post office
- Dalmianagar
- Population
- 1,853
- Households
- 269
- Literacy rate
- 69.1%
- Sex ratio
- 893 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 629
- Distance to district centre
- 113 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 26 km
- Distance to Patna
- 126 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 501 km
- Nearest railway station
- Pahleja · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Bose Clinic · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Khairaha compares
By population, Khairaha ranks #29 of 58 villages in Dehri mandal.
Literacy rate
%
69.1%
+7.5% vs mandal average
- Khairaha
- 69.1%
- Dehri mandal
- 61.6%
- Rohtas district
- 60.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
893
−32 vs mandal average
- Khairaha
- 893
- Dehri mandal
- 925
Household size
people per home
6.9
+0.6 vs mandal average
- Khairaha
- 6.9
- Dehri mandal
- 6.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khairaha at a glance
Khairaha is a village of 1,853 people in 269 households (Census 2011) in Dehri block, Rohtas district, Bihar, the 29th-largest of 58 villages in Dehri block. Literacy is 69%, 7 points above the block average of 62% and the sex ratio is 893 women per 1,000 men. It lies 113 km from the Rohtas district centre, 6 km from Semra, the nearest town, 3 km from Pahleja railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 821305, served by Dalmianagar post office; the LGD village code is 252577. The nearest hospital or health centre is Bose Clinic, 3 km away. The sarpanch is SANTOSH KUMAR, and the village votes in Obra assembly constituency, represented by MLA Prakash Chandra. The population is estimated at 2,185 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Khairaha
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 4
- Power hours (winter)
- 4
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DEHRI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 5
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 14
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- DAHAUR
- Total area (ha)
- 135
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 132.2
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Khairaha
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Khairaha
- LGD code
- 252577
- Pincode
- 821305
- Post office
- Dalmianagar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,853
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,185
- Households
- 269
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 893
- Literacy rate
- 69.1%
- Coordinates
- 24.90606°N, 84.14772°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Karakat
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Obra
- Member of Parliament
- Raja Ram Kushwaha
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Prakash Chandra
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SANTOSH KUMAR
- Block / Mandal
- Dehri
- Nearest railway station
- Anugraha Narayan Road (19.2 km)
Getting there
How to reach Khairaha
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna126 kmcapital
- Kolkata501 km
- Delhi803 km
- Hyderabad1021 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPahleja3 km
- Hospital / PHCBose Clinic3 km
- ATM / bankPunjab National Bank10 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil3 km
- CollegeJawaharlal Nehru College2 km
- Police stationKudra Police Station39 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Khairaha
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Khairaha
4 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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