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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Biura is a village in Sheosagar mandal, Rohtas district, Bihar, with a population of 835 in 152 households and a literacy rate of 58.6%. The village is located at 25.519°N, 86.084°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SANTOSH KUMAR MAHTO
Contact: 91****4313
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- LGD code
- 252201
- Pincode
- 821113
- Post office
- Takia Bazar
- Population
- 835
- Households
- 152
- Literacy rate
- 58.6%
- Sex ratio
- 928 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 353
- Distance to district centre
- 94 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 4 km
- Distance to Patna
- 95 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 401 km
- Nearest railway station
- Tilrath · 9 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Manjhoul Referal Hospital · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Biura compares
By population, Biura ranks #87 of 201 villages in Sheosagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
58.6%
+2.1% vs mandal average
- Biura
- 58.6%
- Sheosagar mandal
- 56.5%
- Rohtas district
- 60.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
928
−1 vs mandal average
- Biura
- 928
- Sheosagar mandal
- 929
Household size
people per home
5.5
−1.0 vs mandal average
- Biura
- 5.5
- Sheosagar mandal
- 6.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Biura at a glance
Biura is a village of 835 people in 152 households (Census 2011) in Sheosagar block, Rohtas district, Bihar, the 87th-largest of 201 villages in Sheosagar block. Literacy is 59%, 2 points above the block average of 57% and the sex ratio is 928 women per 1,000 men. It lies 94 km from the Rohtas district centre, 11 km from Barauni, the nearest town, 9 km from Tilrath railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 821113, served by Takia Bazar post office; the LGD village code is 252201. The nearest hospital or health centre is Manjhoul Referal Hospital, 7 km away. The sarpanch is SANTOSH KUMAR MAHTO, and the village votes in Bachhwara assembly constituency, represented by MLA Surendra Mehta. The population is estimated at 984 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Biura
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 5
- Power hours (winter)
- 4
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- SASARAM
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 17
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 17
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 29
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Konki
- Total area (ha)
- 36
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 32.51
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Biura
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Biura
- LGD code
- 252201
- Pincode
- 821113
- Post office
- Takia Bazar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 835
- Population (projected 2026)
- 984
- Households
- 152
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 928
- Literacy rate
- 58.6%
- Coordinates
- 25.51876°N, 86.08393°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Begusarai
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bachhwara
- Member of Parliament
- Giriraj Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Surendra Mehta
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SANTOSH KUMAR MAHTO
- Block / Mandal
- Sheosagar
Getting there
How to reach Biura
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna95 kmcapital
- Kolkata401 km
- Delhi943 km
- Hyderabad1198 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationTilrath9 km
- Bus stopHarhar Mahadev11 km
- Hospital / PHCManjhoul Referal Hospital7 km
- ATM / bankICICI Bank11 km
- Petrol pumpLPG gas station6 km
- CollegeG.D College12 km
- Police stationBachhawara20 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
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)