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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
NIRANJAN PRASAD CHAURASIYA
Contact: 79****1176
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- LGD code
- 251812
- Pincode
- 821107
- Post office
- Kargahar
- Population
- 1,775
- Households
- 263
- Literacy rate
- 68.6%
- Sex ratio
- 944 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 427
Census 2011 · in context
How Khaira Sahmal compares
By population, Khaira Sahmal ranks #30 of 257 villages in Kargahar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
68.6%
+5.9% vs mandal average
Khaira Sahmal68.6%
Kargahar mandal62.7%
Rohtas district60.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
944
+36 vs mandal average
Khaira Sahmal944
Kargahar mandal908
Household size
people per home
6.7
−0.4 vs mandal average
Khaira Sahmal6.7
Kargahar mandal7.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khaira Sahmal at a glance
Khaira Sahmal is a village of 1,775 people in 263 households (Census 2011) in Kargahar block, Rohtas district, Bihar, the 30th-largest of 257 villages in Kargahar block. Literacy is 69%, 6 points above the block average of 63% and the sex ratio is 944 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 821107, served by Kargahar post office; the LGD village code is 251812. 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 2,093 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khaira Sahmal · this village | 1,775 | 69% | — |
| Semaria Kanak · Kargahar | 1,827 | 58% | — |
| Khaira Dew · Kargahar | 1,737 | 68% | — |
| Garbha · Kargahar | 1,503 | 59% | — |
| Dibhiya · Kargahar | 1,443 | 70% | — |
| Khurhuria · Kargahar | 1,111 | 61% | — |
| Parandehra · Kargahar | 1,006 | 65% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Khaira Sahmal
- 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)
- 2
- Power hours (winter)
- 3
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 1
- 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
- SASARAM
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 32
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 32
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 7
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Khaira Shahmai
- Total area (ha)
- 159
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 157
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Khaira Sahmal
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Khaira Sahmal
- LGD code
- 251812
- Pincode
- 821107
- Post office
- Kargahar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,775
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,093
- Households
- 263
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 944
- Literacy rate
- 68.6%
- 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
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- 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
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)