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- LGD code
- 256785
- Pincode
- 805131
- Post office
- Wazirganj (Gaya)
- Population
- 812
- Households
- 147
- Literacy rate
- 55.3%
- Sex ratio
- 1005 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 378
Census 2011 · in context
How Aropur compares
By population, Aropur ranks #90 of 147 villages in Wazirganj mandal.
Literacy rate
%
55.3%
+4.3% vs mandal average
- Aropur
- 55.3%
- Wazirganj mandal
- 51.0%
- Gaya district
- 52.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,005
+53 vs mandal average
- Aropur
- 1,005
- Wazirganj mandal
- 952
Household size
people per home
5.5
−0.9 vs mandal average
- Aropur
- 5.5
- Wazirganj mandal
- 6.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Aropur at a glance
Aropur is a village of 812 people in 147 households (Census 2011) in Wazirganj block, Gaya district, Bihar, the 90th-largest of 147 villages in Wazirganj block. Literacy is 55%, 4 points above the block average of 51% and the sex ratio is 1,005 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 805131, served by Wazirganj (Gaya) post office; the LGD village code is 256785. The village votes in Cheria Bariarpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Abhishek Anand. The population is estimated at 957 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Aropur
- 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)
- 1
- 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
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- GAYA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 30
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Amethi
- Total area (ha)
- 193
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 70.4
- Forest area (ha)
- 16.2
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Aropur
- LGD code
- 256785
- Pincode
- 805131
- Post office
- Wazirganj (Gaya)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 812
- Population (projected 2026)
- 957
- Households
- 147
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1005
- Literacy rate
- 55.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Begusarai
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Cheria Bariarpur
- Member of Parliament
- Giriraj Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Abhishek Anand
- Block / Mandal
- Wazirganj
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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