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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Kapatia is a village in Kargahar mandal, Rohtas district, Bihar, with a population of 419 across 55 households and a literacy rate of 68.3%. The village has a railway station and is located at coordinates 25.132°N, 85.446°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
NIRANJAN PRASAD CHAURASIYA
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- LGD code
- 251805
- Pincode
- 821107
- Post office
- Kargahar
- Population
- 419
- Households
- 55
- Literacy rate
- 68.3%
- Sex ratio
- 905 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 251
- Distance to district centre
- 37 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 55 km
- Distance to Patna
- 60 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 411 km
- Nearest railway station
- Nalanda · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Khushboo Hospital · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kapatia compares
By population, Kapatia ranks #167 of 257 villages in Kargahar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
68.3%
+5.6% vs mandal average
- Kapatia
- 68.3%
- Kargahar mandal
- 62.7%
- Rohtas district
- 60.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
905
−3 vs mandal average
- Kapatia
- 905
- Kargahar mandal
- 908
Household size
people per home
7.6
+0.5 vs mandal average
- Kapatia
- 7.6
- Kargahar mandal
- 7.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kapatia at a glance
Kapatia is a village of 419 people in 55 households (Census 2011) in Kargahar block, Rohtas district, Bihar, the 167th-largest of 257 villages in Kargahar block. Literacy is 68%, 6 points above the block average of 63% and the sex ratio is 905 women per 1,000 men. It lies 37 km from the Rohtas district centre, 1 km from Baragaon, the nearest town, 2 km from Nalanda railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 821107, served by Kargahar post office; the LGD village code is 251805. The nearest hospital or health centre is Khushboo Hospital, 8 km away. The sarpanch is NIRANJAN PRASAD CHAURASIYA, and the village votes in Mohiuddinnagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rajesh Kumar Singh. The population is estimated at 494 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kapatia
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 2
- Primary school
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- 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)
- 33
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 33
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Khaira Shahmai
- Total area (ha)
- 59
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 59
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kapatia
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kapatia
- LGD code
- 251805
- Pincode
- 821107
- Post office
- Kargahar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 419
- Population (projected 2026)
- 494
- Households
- 55
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 905
- Literacy rate
- 68.3%
- Coordinates
- 25.13242°N, 85.44615°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ujiarpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mohiuddinnagar
- Member of Parliament
- Nityanand Rai
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rajesh Kumar Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- NIRANJAN PRASAD CHAURASIYA
- Block / Mandal
- Kargahar
- Nearest railway station
- Nalanda (2.0 km)
Getting there
How to reach Kapatia
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna60 kmcapital
- Kolkata411 km
- Delhi904 km
- Hyderabad1123 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationNalanda2 km
- Bus stopBus station9 km
- Hospital / PHCKhushboo Hospital8 km
- ATM / bankSBI ATM10 km
- Petrol pumpHP petrol pump23 km
- CollegeAjatshatru Residence13 km
- Police stationHarnaut Police Station28 km
Nearest to the village
- Railway station
- Nalanda2.0 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Kapatia
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Jain temple, Kundalpur (Bihar)Temple1.7 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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