# Sahora Village, Atri, Gaya (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Atri, Gaya 

# Sahora

Sahora is a village in Atri sub-district of Gaya district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **3,640 people in 557 households**, the 6th largest of 54 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 60.5%.

- 3,640people (2011)
- 557households
- 64.4%literacy
- 920females per 1,000 males

## Sahora PIN code and other codes

Sahora falls in Atri sub-district, Gaya district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatSahora
- Community development blockAtri
- Census village code255222

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Sahora from nearby towns?

- Atri (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Gaya (district HQ)40 km by road
- Gaya (nearest town)40 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Sahora?

17 services counted by the Census are inside Sahora; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Gaya
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gaya
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Sahora known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 73% of the 281 hectares of village land is sown, and 204 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Sahora

Of every 100 households in Sahora in 2011, 0 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Sahora · ■ Atri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**97%

Use banking services ****59%**

**42%

Television ****15%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**54%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****31%**

**30%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Sahora?

■ Sahora · ■ Atri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.4%**

**60.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****920**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****876**

**971

Working population ****43.8%**

**44.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.6% for men and 50.2% for women. 52% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 320 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 671 (42%) · **■** Household industry 45 (3%) · **■** Other work 346 (22%) · **■** Marginal 212 (13%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Atri

- Dihuri6,295 people
- Punar5,454 people
- Sinr5,357 people
- Narawat4,327 people
- Upthu3,014 people
- Taunsa2,843 people
- Jiri2,603 people
- Bahorma2,294 people

[All 61 villages in Atri](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/gaya/atri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Sahora from Gaya?40 km by road
- What is the population of Sahora?3,640 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sahora in?Gaya district (Atri sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Sahora?64.4% (Census 2011)
