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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
MK
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
mritunjay kumar
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- LGD code
- 240736
- Pincode
- 813107
- Post office
- Rajoun
- Population
- 559
- Households
- 119
- Literacy rate
- 53.8%
- Sex ratio
- 895 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 143
Census 2011 · in context
How Kolhara compares
By population, Kolhara ranks #118 of 207 villages in Rajaun mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.8%
+3.1% vs mandal average
- Kolhara
- 53.8%
- Rajaun mandal
- 50.7%
- Banka district
- 47.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
895
−12 vs mandal average
- Kolhara
- 895
- Rajaun mandal
- 907
Household size
people per home
4.7
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Kolhara
- 4.7
- Rajaun mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kolhara at a glance
Kolhara is a village of 559 people in 119 households (Census 2011) in Rajaun block, Banka district, Bihar, the 118th-largest of 207 villages in Rajaun block. Literacy is 54%, 3 points above the block average of 51% and the sex ratio is 895 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 813107, served by Rajoun post office; the LGD village code is 240736. The sarpanch is mritunjay kumar, and the village votes in Beldaur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Panna Lal Singh Patel. The population is estimated at 659 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kolhara
- 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)
- 2
- Power hours (winter)
- 1
- 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
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BANKA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 30
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 13
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Majhgain darpa
- Total area (ha)
- 51
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 49.51
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kolhara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kolhara
- LGD code
- 240736
- Pincode
- 813107
- Post office
- Rajoun
- Population (Census 2011)
- 559
- Population (projected 2026)
- 659
- Households
- 119
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 895
- Literacy rate
- 53.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khagaria
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Beldaur
- Member of Parliament
- Rajesh Verma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Panna Lal Singh Patel
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- mritunjay kumar
- Block / Mandal
- Rajaun
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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, 2026-05-14
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