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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
YOGENDRA SINGH
Contact: 62****6346
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- LGD code
- 251267
- Pincode
- 821112
- Post office
- Kochas
- Population
- 2,563
- Households
- 400
- Literacy rate
- 59.5%
- Sex ratio
- 936 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 713
- Distance to district centre
- 89 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 62 km
- Distance to Patna
- 97 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 504 km
- Nearest railway station
- Ghusia Halt · 6 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Govt.Hospital Chiksil · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Karakat compares
By population, Karakat ranks #23 of 150 villages in Karakat mandal.
Literacy rate
%
59.5%
−2.1% vs mandal average
- Karakat
- 59.5%
- Karakat mandal
- 61.6%
- Rohtas district
- 60.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
936
+16 vs mandal average
- Karakat
- 936
- Karakat mandal
- 920
Household size
people per home
6.4
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Karakat
- 6.4
- Karakat mandal
- 6.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Karakat at a glance
Karakat is a village of 2,563 people in 400 households (Census 2011) in Karakat block, Rohtas district, Bihar, the 23rd-largest of 150 villages in Karakat block. Literacy is 60%, 2 points below the block average of 62% and the sex ratio is 936 women per 1,000 men. It lies 89 km from the Rohtas district centre, 19 km from Shamshernagar, the nearest town, 6 km from Ghusia Halt railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 821112, served by Kochas post office; the LGD village code is 251267. The nearest hospital or health centre is Govt.Hospital Chiksil, 5 km away. The sarpanch is YOGENDRA SINGH, and the village votes in Paliganj assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sandeep Saurav. The population is estimated at 3,022 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Karakat
- 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
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 5
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 1
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- BIKRAMGANJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 50
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 13
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Karakat
- Total area (ha)
- 151
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 135
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Karakat
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Karakat
- LGD code
- 251267
- Pincode
- 821112
- Post office
- Kochas
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,563
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,022
- Households
- 400
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 936
- Literacy rate
- 59.5%
- Coordinates
- 25.16972°N, 84.29742°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Pataliputra
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Paliganj
- Member of Parliament
- Misa Bharti
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sandeep Saurav
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- YOGENDRA SINGH
- Block / Mandal
- Karakat
Getting there
How to reach Karakat
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna97 kmcapital
- Kolkata504 km
- Delhi800 km
- Hyderabad1054 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGhusia Halt6 km
- Bus stopjeep stand for jaysree7 km
- Hospital / PHCGovt.Hospital Chiksil5 km
- ATM / bankallahabad bank7 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil29 km
- Collegeveer kunwar singh college6 km
- Police stationRafiganj Police52 km
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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
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