Sakhara is a village in Dehri mandal, Rohtas district, Bihar. With a population of 5,820 across 960 households, it has a literacy rate of 63.8%. The village has one college and is located in PIN code area 821305.
By population, Sakhara ranks #5 of 58 villages in Dehri mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sakhara is a village of 5,820 people in 960 households (Census 2011) in Dehri block, Rohtas district, Bihar, the 5th-largest of 58 villages in Dehri block. Literacy is 64%, 2 points above the block average, and the sex ratio is 911 women per 1,000 men. It lies 112 km from the Rohtas district centre, 6 km from Bank, the nearest town, 3 km from Pahleja railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 821305, served by Dalmianagar post office; the LGD village code is 252567. The nearest hospital or health centre is Bose Clinic, 2 km away. The sarpanch is CHHOTI DEVI, and the village votes in Obra assembly constituency, represented by Prakash Chandra. The population is estimated at 6,862 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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