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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SULEKHA DEVI
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- LGD code
- 257619
- Pincode
- 805130
- Post office
- Warisaliganj
- Population
- 267
- Households
- 46
- Literacy rate
- 44.6%
- Sex ratio
- 963 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 95
Census 2011 · in context
How Raikar compares
By population, Raikar ranks #66 of 75 villages in Warisaliganj mandal.
Literacy rate
%
44.6%
−4.0% vs mandal average
- Raikar
- 44.6%
- Warisaliganj mandal
- 48.6%
- Nawada district
- 49.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
963
+38 vs mandal average
- Raikar
- 963
- Warisaliganj mandal
- 925
Household size
people per home
5.8
−0.5 vs mandal average
- Raikar
- 5.8
- Warisaliganj mandal
- 6.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Raikar at a glance
Raikar is a village of 267 people in 46 households (Census 2011) in Warisaliganj block, Nawada district, Bihar, the 66th-largest of 75 villages in Warisaliganj block. Literacy is 45%, 4 points below the block average of 49% and the sex ratio is 963 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 805130, served by Warisaliganj post office; the LGD village code is 257619. The sarpanch is SULEKHA DEVI, and the village votes in Jamalpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nachiketa Mandal. The population is estimated at 315 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Raikar
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- WARISALIGANJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 15
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Dosut
- Total area (ha)
- 206
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 42.93
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Raikar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Raikar
- LGD code
- 257619
- Pincode
- 805130
- Post office
- Warisaliganj
- Population (Census 2011)
- 267
- Population (projected 2026)
- 315
- Households
- 46
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 963
- Literacy rate
- 44.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Munger
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jamalpur
- Member of Parliament
- Rajiv Ranjan Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Nachiketa Mandal
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SULEKHA DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Warisaliganj
- Nearest railway station
- Masudan (5.1 km)
Same pincode
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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
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