# Karakat Village, Karakat, Rohtas (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Karakat, Rohtas 

# Karakat

Karakat is a village in Karakat sub-district of Rohtas district, Bihar, PIN code **802212**. The 2011 Census counted **2,563 people in 400 households**, the 23rd largest of 128 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.9%.

- 2,563people (2011)
- 400households
- 74.4%literacy
- 802212PIN code

## Karakat PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Karakat is 802212.** Karakat falls in Karakat sub-district, Rohtas district, Bihar.

- PIN code802212
- Gram panchayatKarakat
- Community development blockKarakat
- Census village code251267

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

## How far is Karakat from nearby towns?

- Karakat (sub-district HQ)13 km by road
- Sasaram (district HQ)50 km by road
- Bikramganj (nearest town)10 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 Karakat?

24 services counted by the Census are inside Karakat; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 3 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 3 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Goraiya
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Bikramganj
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gaya
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)5 h summer · 6 h winter

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 Karakat known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 93% of the 151 hectares of village land is sown, and 135 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 Karakat

Of every 100 households in Karakat in 2011, 12 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Karakat · ■ Karakat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**14%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****72%**

**84%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**93%

Use banking services ****76%**

**66%

Television ****22%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**67%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****13%**

**18%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

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 Karakat?

■ Karakat · ■ Karakat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.4%**

**73.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**920

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****889**

**926

Working population ****27.8%**

**32.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.9% for men and 64.4% for women. 47% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 216 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 110 (15%) · **■** Household industry 24 (3%) · **■** Other work 182 (26%) · **■** Marginal 181 (25%)

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 Karakat

- Munji2,672 people
- Itharia2,646 people
- Raghunathpur2,613 people
- Karma2,597 people
- Paharma2,522 people
- Dhawani2,494 people
- Zorawarpur2,486 people
- Sohda2,322 people

[All 150 villages in Karakat](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/rohtas/karakat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Karakat?802212
- How far is Karakat from Sasaram?50 km by road
- What is the population of Karakat?2,563 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karakat in?Rohtas district (Karakat sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Karakat?74.4% (Census 2011)