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

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Village · Sasaram, Rohtas 

# Amra

Amra is a village in Sasaram sub-district of Rohtas district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **4,944 people in 808 households**, the 4th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.4%.

- 4,944people (2011)
- 808households
- 76.9%literacy
- 929females per 1,000 males

## Amra PIN code and other codes

Amra falls in Sasaram sub-district, Rohtas district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatKarwandiya
- Community development blockSasaram
- Census village code252433

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

## How far is Amra from nearby towns?

- Sasaram (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Sasaram (district HQ)8 km by road
- Sasaram (nearest town)8 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 Amra?

32 services counted by the Census are inside Amra; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●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 · 2 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Railway stationIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●ATMIn 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
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Karbandiya
- ○Degree college10+ km · Raj Pur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gaya
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)5 h summer · 1 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 Amra known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 98% of the 206 hectares of village land is sown, and 202 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 Amra

Of every 100 households in Amra in 2011, 3 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Amra · ■ Sasaram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**18%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****61%**

**76%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****87%**

**74%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****40%**

**89%

Use banking services ****56%**

**55%

Television ****33%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****76%**

**63%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****16%**

**20%

Own their home ****84%**

**97%

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 Amra?

■ Amra · ■ Sasaram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.9%**

**71.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****929**

**920

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****972**

**927

Working population ****30.7%**

**29.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.0% for men and 67.1% for women. 47% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 74 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 31 (2%) · **■** Household industry 89 (6%) · **■** Other work 771 (51%) · **■** Marginal 555 (37%)

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 Sasaram

- Darigawan5,964 people
- Dhaudanr5,816 people
- Amri5,527 people
- Sikaria4,934 people
- Muradabad kalan4,291 people
- Akasi4,145 people
- Uchitpur3,794 people

[All 171 villages in Sasaram](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/rohtas/sasaram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Amra from Sasaram?8 km by road
- What is the population of Amra?4,944 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amra in?Rohtas district (Sasaram sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Amra?76.9% (Census 2011)