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Bihar urges Centre to raise paddy procurement target to 50 lakh MT
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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
RD
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RINA DEVI
Contact: 74****2713
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- LGD code
- 251707
- Pincode
- 821108
- Post office
- Kudra
- Population
- 1,795
- Households
- 286
- Literacy rate
- 59.1%
- Sex ratio
- 903 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 590
Census 2011 · in context
How Kharhana compares
By population, Kharhana ranks #29 of 257 villages in Kargahar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
59.1%
−3.6% vs mandal average
Kharhana59.1%
Kargahar mandal62.7%
Rohtas district60.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
903
−5 vs mandal average
Kharhana903
Kargahar mandal908
Household size
people per home
6.3
−0.8 vs mandal average
Kharhana6.3
Kargahar mandal7.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kharhana at a glance
Kharhana is a village of 1,795 people in 286 households (Census 2011) in Kargahar block, Rohtas district, Bihar, the 29th-largest of 257 villages in Kargahar block. Literacy is 59%, 4 points below the block average of 63% and the sex ratio is 903 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 821108, served by Kudra post office; the LGD village code is 251707. The sarpanch is RINA DEVI, and the village votes in Mohiuddinnagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rajesh Kumar Singh. The population is estimated at 2,116 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Thorson →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kharhana · this village | 1,795 | 59% | — |
| Siri · Kargahar | 2,100 | 58% | — |
| Thorsan · Kargahar | 1,710 | 63% | — |
| Kharhari · Kargahar | 1,531 | 58% | — |
| Akhtiarpur · Kargahar | 1,073 | 69% | — |
| Sajandehra · Kargahar | 1,021 | 68% | — |
| Usana · Kargahar | 730 | 67% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kharhana
- 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)
- 4
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- 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
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- SASARAM
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 31
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 31
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 11
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Akorhi
- Total area (ha)
- 332
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 332
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kharhana
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kharhana
- LGD code
- 251707
- Pincode
- 821108
- Post office
- Kudra
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,795
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,116
- Households
- 286
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 903
- Literacy rate
- 59.1%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ujiarpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mohiuddinnagar
- Member of Parliament
- Nityanand Rai
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rajesh Kumar Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RINA DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Kargahar
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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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