Village · Dinara, Rohtas
# Sarana

Sarana is a village in Dinara sub-district of Rohtas district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted 2,145 people in 322 households, the 30th largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.4%.
- 2,145 people (2011)
- 322 households
- 65.2% literacy
- 959 females per 1,000 males

## Sarana PIN code and other codes

Sarana falls in Dinara sub-district, Rohtas district, Bihar.
- Gram panchayat Karanj
- Community development block Dinara
- Census village code 250894

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Sarana from nearby towns?
- Dinara (sub-district HQ) 16 km by road
- Sasaram (district HQ) 46 km by road
- Sasaram (nearest town) 46 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Sarana?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Sarana; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Middle school In village · 1 govt
- ● Public bus service In village
- ● Private bus service In village
- ● National highway In village
- ● State highway In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Weekly haat In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 5–10 km · Mahraurh
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Bikramganj
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Gaya
- ○ Primary health centre 10+ km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 5–10 km
- ○ Post office 5–10 km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 5–10 km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop 5–10 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library 5–10 km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011) 2 h summer · 2 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Sarana known for?

The main crops are paddy. About 97% of the 227 hectares of village land is sown, and 215 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Sarana

Of every 100 households in Sarana in 2011, 67 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Sarana · ■ Dinara rural average
- Electricity for lighting 67% 20%
- Toilet within the home 34% 24%
- No toilet (open defecation) 66% 75%
- Tap water 1% 3%
- Drinking water within premises 80% 80%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 3%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 96% 95%
- Use banking services 59% 53%
- Television 22% 19%
- Mobile phone 68% 70%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 7% 11%
- Car / jeep / van 2% 4%
- None of these assets 21% 17%
- Own their home 99% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Sarana?

■ Sarana · ■ Dinara rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 65.2% 71.4%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 959 926
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1119 940
- Working population 32.7% 32.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.5% for men and 55.1% for women. 51% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 296 (42%) · ■ Farm labourers 63 (9%) · ■ Household industry 3 (0%) · ■ Other work 34 (5%) · ■ Marginal 305 (44%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Dinara
- Gopalpur 2,204 people
- Sarana 2,199 people
- Chorpokhar English 2,197 people
- Muswath 2,156 people
- Belvaiya 2,126 people
- Samhauti Buzurg 2,088 people
- Natwar Khurd 2,086 people
- Harbanspur 2,065 people

All 229 villages in Dinara

## Quick answers
- How far is Sarana from Sasaram? 46 km by road
- What is the population of Sarana? 2,145 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sarana in? Rohtas district (Dinara sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Sarana? 65.2% (Census 2011)

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