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Amarpur is a village in Rajpur mandal, Rohtas district, Bihar, with a population of 1,499 in 210 households. The village has a literacy rate of 50.8% and is positioned at 25.040°N, 86.903°E with PIN code 802219.
By population, Amarpur ranks #21 of 39 villages in Rajpur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Amarpur is a village of 1,499 people in 210 households (Census 2011) in Rajpur block, Rohtas district, Bihar, the 21st-largest of 39 villages in Rajpur block. Literacy is 51%, 12 points below the block average of 63% and the sex ratio is 954 women per 1,000 men. It lies 178 km from the Rohtas district centre, 21 km from Babura, the nearest town, 10 km from Bela railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 802219, served by Rajpur (Rohtas) post office; the LGD village code is 251459. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Dumrama, 2 km away. The sarpanch is YOGENDRA KUMAR, and the village votes in Islampur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ruhail Ranjan. The population is estimated at 1,767 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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