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

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Village · Sasaram, Rohtas 

# Dhankarha

Dhankarha is a village in Sasaram sub-district of Rohtas district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,696 people in 422 households**, the 21st largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.4%.

- 2,696people (2011)
- 422households
- 70.5%literacy
- 920females per 1,000 males

## Dhankarha PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatDhankara
- Community development blockSasaram
- Census village code252446

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

## How far is Dhankarha from nearby towns?

- Sasaram (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Sasaram (district HQ)15 km by road
- Sasaram (nearest town)15 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 Dhankarha?

16 services counted by the Census are inside Dhankarha; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Karbandiya
- ○Degree college10+ km · Raj Pur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gaya
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes 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 Dhankarha known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 100% of the 113 hectares of village land is sown, and 113 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 Dhankarha

Of every 100 households in Dhankarha in 2011, 5 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dhankarha · ■ Sasaram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**18%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**76%

Tap water ****10%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****70%**

**74%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**89%

Use banking services ****60%**

**55%

Television ****11%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**63%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**11%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****7%**

**20%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Dhankarha?

■ Dhankarha · ■ Sasaram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.5%**

**71.4%

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

**920

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****885**

**927

Working population ****24.1%**

**29.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.4% for men and 58.8% for women. 44% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 201 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 103 (16%) · **■** Household industry 13 (2%) · **■** Other work 54 (8%) · **■** Marginal 279 (43%)

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

- Rampur2,895 people
- Belarhi2,886 people
- Kanchanpur2,865 people
- karpurwa2,709 people
- GansaDih2,695 people
- Basa2,683 people
- Gajdwahi2,678 people
- Molawan2,638 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Dhankarha from Sasaram?15 km by road
- What is the population of Dhankarha?2,696 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhankarha in?Rohtas district (Sasaram sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Dhankarha?70.5% (Census 2011)