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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sahri is a village in Karakat mandal, Rohtas district, Bihar, with a population of 3,090 across 484 households. The literacy rate is 56.5%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
JYOTI DEVI
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- LGD code
- 251295
- Pincode
- 821112
- Post office
- Kochas
- Population
- 3,090
- Households
- 484
- Literacy rate
- 56.5%
- Sex ratio
- 982 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 688
- Distance to district centre
- 264 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 290 km
- Distance to Patna
- 275 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 253 km
- Nearest railway station
- Gumani · 10 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- St. Luke Hospital, Pakur · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Sahri compares
By population, Sahri ranks #16 of 150 villages in Karakat mandal.
Literacy rate
%
56.5%
−5.1% vs mandal average
- Sahri
- 56.5%
- Karakat mandal
- 61.6%
- Rohtas district
- 60.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
982
+62 vs mandal average
- Sahri
- 982
- Karakat mandal
- 920
Household size
people per home
6.4
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Sahri
- 6.4
- Karakat mandal
- 6.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sahri at a glance
Sahri is a village of 3,090 people in 484 households (Census 2011) in Karakat block, Rohtas district, Bihar, the 16th-largest of 150 villages in Karakat block. Literacy is 57%, 5 points below the block average of 62% and the sex ratio is 982 women per 1,000 men. It lies 264 km from the Rohtas district centre, 0 km from Sahri, the nearest town, 10 km from Gumani railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 821112, served by Kochas post office; the LGD village code is 251295. The nearest hospital or health centre is St. Luke Hospital, Pakur, 6 km away. The sarpanch is JYOTI DEVI, and the village votes in Paliganj assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sandeep Saurav. The population is estimated at 3,643 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sahri
- 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)
- 2
- Power hours (winter)
- 3
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 2
- 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
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BIKRAMGANJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 8
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 48
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Jai Shree
- Total area (ha)
- 48
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 46.5
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sahri
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sahri
- LGD code
- 251295
- Pincode
- 821112
- Post office
- Kochas
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,090
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,643
- Households
- 484
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 982
- Literacy rate
- 56.5%
- Coordinates
- 24.77237°N, 87.71075°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Pataliputra
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Paliganj
- Member of Parliament
- Misa Bharti
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sandeep Saurav
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- JYOTI DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Karakat
Getting there
How to reach Sahri
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna275 kmcapital
- Kolkata253 km
- Delhi1127 km
- Hyderabad1260 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGumani10 km
- Hospital / PHCSt. Luke Hospital, Pakur6 km
- CollegeD.N.C. College36 km
- Police stationKaliachak Police Station33 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, 2026-05-14
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