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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Panapur is a village in Kargahar mandal, Rohtas district, Bihar, with a population of 1,366 and 175 households. The village records a literacy rate of 68.5% and is located at coordinates 26.121°N, 84.852°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Jagnarayan Paswan
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- LGD code
- 251764
- Pincode
- 821107
- Post office
- Kargahar
- Population
- 1,366
- Households
- 175
- Literacy rate
- 68.5%
- Sex ratio
- 900 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 443
- Distance to district centre
- 92 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 92 km
- Distance to Patna
- 65 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 531 km
- Nearest railway station
- Masrakh Junction · 5 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Chandsi Clinic · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Panapur compares
By population, Panapur ranks #56 of 257 villages in Kargahar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
68.5%
+5.8% vs mandal average
Panapur68.5%
Kargahar mandal62.7%
Rohtas district60.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
900
−8 vs mandal average
Panapur900
Kargahar mandal908
Household size
people per home
7.8
+0.7 vs mandal average
Panapur7.8
Kargahar mandal7.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Panapur at a glance
Panapur is a village of 1,366 people in 175 households (Census 2011) in Kargahar block, Rohtas district, Bihar, the 56th-largest of 257 villages in Kargahar block. Literacy is 69%, 6 points above the block average of 63% and the sex ratio is 900 women per 1,000 men. It lies 92 km from the Rohtas district centre, 0 km from Panapur, the nearest town, 5 km from Masrakh Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 821107, served by Kargahar post office; the LGD village code is 251764. The nearest hospital or health centre is Chandsi Clinic, 5 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 1,611 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Panapur
- 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)
- 2
- 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
- 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
- No
- 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)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 20
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Kharari
- Total area (ha)
- 90
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 89
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Panapur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Panapur
- LGD code
- 251764
- Pincode
- 821107
- Post office
- Kargahar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,366
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,611
- Households
- 175
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 900
- Literacy rate
- 68.5%
- Coordinates
- 26.12121°N, 84.85230°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 Panapur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna65 kmcapital
- Kolkata531 km
- Delhi804 km
- Hyderabad1172 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMasrakh Junction5 km
- Bus stopTaraiya saran bihar7 km
- Hospital / PHCChandsi Clinic5 km
- ATM / bankCentral Bank of India-Apahar Branch23 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil Petrol Pump37 km
- CollegeBabasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University52 km
- Police stationPOLICE LINE CHHAPRA GROUND39 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
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