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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Bahuara is a village in Kargahar mandal, Rohtas district, Bihar, located at 24.806°N, 84.207°E. With a population of 1,047 across 136 households, the village has a literacy rate of 71.5%. The postal code is 821114.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Jagnarayan Paswan
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- LGD code
- 251714
- Pincode
- 821114
- Population
- 1,047
- Households
- 136
- Literacy rate
- 71.5%
- Sex ratio
- 890 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 327
- Distance to district centre
- 114 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 164 km
- Distance to Patna
- 128 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 491 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bagahabishunpur · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Bhopatpur · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bahuara compares
By population, Bahuara ranks #82 of 257 villages in Kargahar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
71.5%
+8.8% vs mandal average
- Bahuara
- 71.5%
- Kargahar mandal
- 62.7%
- Rohtas district
- 60.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
890
−18 vs mandal average
- Bahuara
- 890
- Kargahar mandal
- 908
Household size
people per home
7.7
+0.6 vs mandal average
- Bahuara
- 7.7
- Kargahar mandal
- 7.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bahuara at a glance
Bahuara is a village of 1,047 people in 136 households (Census 2011) in Kargahar block, Rohtas district, Bihar, the 82nd-largest of 257 villages in Kargahar block. Literacy is 72%, 9 points above the block average of 63% and the sex ratio is 890 women per 1,000 men. It lies 114 km from the Rohtas district centre, 5 km from Khajuri, the nearest town, 2 km from Bagahabishunpur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 821114; the LGD village code is 251714. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Bhopatpur, 8 km away. The sarpanch is Jagnarayan Paswan, and the village votes in Mohiuddinnagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rajesh Kumar Singh. The population is estimated at 1,234 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bahuara
- 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
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SASARAM
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 24
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 24
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Basdiha
- Total area (ha)
- 246
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bahuara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bahuara
- LGD code
- 251714
- Pincode
- 821114
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,047
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,234
- Households
- 136
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 890
- Literacy rate
- 71.5%
- Coordinates
- 24.80648°N, 84.20706°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ujiarpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mohiuddinnagar
- Member of Parliament
- Nityanand Rai
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rajesh Kumar Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Jagnarayan Paswan
- Block / Mandal
- Kargahar
Getting there
How to reach Bahuara
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna128 kmcapital
- Kolkata491 km
- Delhi814 km
- Hyderabad1016 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBagahabishunpur2 km
- Bus stopAurangabad Bus Stand16 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Bhopatpur8 km
- ATM / bankPunjab National Bank5 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil12 km
- CollegeJawaharlal Nehru College14 km
- Police stationSSB camp34 km
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Bahuara
1 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🏫Govardhan Middle SchoolSchool2.5 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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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