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Bihar Floods 2026, Over 49 Lakh People Affected Across 15 Districts
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
RD
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Rita devi
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- LGD code
- 255542
- Pincode
- 824118
- Post office
- Guraru Mills
- Population
- 6,962
- Households
- 1,045
- Literacy rate
- 48.1%
- Sex ratio
- 925 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 3,470
Census 2011 · in context
How Pahra compares
By population, Pahra ranks #1 of 80 villages in Guraru mandal — the largest.
Literacy rate
%
48.1%
−4.8% vs mandal average
- Pahra
- 48.1%
- Guraru mandal
- 52.9%
- Gaya district
- 52.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
925
+4 vs mandal average
- Pahra
- 925
- Guraru mandal
- 921
Household size
people per home
6.7
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Pahra
- 6.7
- Guraru mandal
- 6.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pahra at a glance
Pahra is a village of 6,962 people in 1,045 households (Census 2011) in Guraru block, Gaya district, Bihar, the largest of 80 villages in Guraru block. Literacy is 48%, 5 points below the block average of 53% and the sex ratio is 925 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 824118, served by Guraru Mills post office; the LGD village code is 255542. The sarpanch is Rita devi, and the village votes in Begusarai assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kundan Kumar. The population is estimated at 8,208 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Pahra →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pahra · this village | 6,962 | 48% | — |
| Itahri' · Guraru | 5,017 | 39% | — |
| Tanti · Guraru | 775 | 48% | — |
| Sikandarchak · Guraru | 317 | 59% | — |
| Harnarayanpur · Guraru | 0 | — | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Pahra
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 5
- Middle school
- 2
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Railway station
- Yes
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- GAYA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 36
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 36
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 14
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Pahra
- Total area (ha)
- 1,007
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 504
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Pahra
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Pahra
- LGD code
- 255542
- Pincode
- 824118
- Post office
- Guraru Mills
- Population (Census 2011)
- 6,962
- Population (projected 2026)
- 8,208
- Households
- 1,045
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 925
- Literacy rate
- 48.1%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Begusarai
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Begusarai
- Member of Parliament
- Giriraj Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kundan Kumar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Rita devi
- Block / Mandal
- Guraru
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Other villages named Pahra
Looking for a different Pahra? 7 other villages share this name across India. All villages named Pahra →
- PahraGaurihar · Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh5,075 pop
- PahraMahoba · Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh4,761 pop
- PahraHarlakhi · Madhubani, Bihar3,253 pop
- PahraAhiwara · Durg, Chhattisgarh1,405 pop
- PahraKutumba · Aurangabad, Bihar1,154 pop
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)