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Bikramganj
town
Bikramganj Location in Bihar, India
Coordinates:25°12′N84°15′E / 25.2°N 84.25°E /25.2; 84.25
Country	India
State	Bihar
District	Rohtas
Area [1]
• Total	15.64 km2 (6.04 sq mi)
Elevation	77 m (253 ft)
Population  (2024)[1]
• Total	nearly 1,000
Languages
• Official	Bhojpuri,Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	802212
Telephone code	06185
ISO 3166 code	IN-BR
Website	rohtas.nic.in

Bikramganj is anagar parishad city andcommunity development block inRohtas district,Bihar, India. In the 2011 census, Bikramganj had a population of nearly 4 lakh in 17,968 households. The main commodities produced in Bikramganj arerice andpulses. It has aslum known as Dhangai, which had a 2011 population of 3,955 in 637 households.^[1] Bikramganj is located at25°12′N84°15′E / 25.2°N 84.25°E /25.2; 84.25,^[2] and has an average elevation of 77 metres (252 feet).

It is an historic commercial center at the crossroads connectingPatna toSasaram andBuxar toDehri and Dumraon known as Bikramganj Chowk. Bikramganj, in the less-industrialised north of Rohtas district, is surrounded by well-irrigated, fertile fields which have given the district its reputation as the rice bowl of Bihar. A railway station on Dehri Road connects to the nearby cities of Patna, Sasaram. A number of banks have opened in the city. A small river flows through Bikramganj,known as Kaai and drains into theGanges inBuxar.Hinduism is the majority religion, andChhath is a major festival. A local delicacy islitti with chicken, andchhena ka khurma is a sweet. Nearby towns areSuryapura,Kārākāt,Koath, andSanjhauli. The climate is humid and sub-tropical, good for rice cultivation, andKatarni rice is a well-known variety grown in the region.

In 2011, the population of the Bikramganjblock was 163,565. Of these, 48,565 lived in the city of Bikramganj and 115,100 lived in rural areas. The block's population increased from 136,703 in 2001 to 163,565 in 2011, a 19.6-percent increase.^[1]

Bikramganj'ssex ratio was 882 females to 1,000 males in 2011, the lowest among cities in Rohtas district. The ratio was higher in rural areas, with 911 females for every 1,000 males (the second-lowest ratio in Rohtas, ahead ofKargahar), bringing the sex ratio of the sub-district to 902 – the lowest in Rohtas. The sub-district's sex ratio was 902 in the 0-6 age group (the lowest in Rohtas) 894 in the city of Bikramganj, and 906 in rural villages.^[1]

The city's 2011literacy rate was 74.76 percent, slightly below the Rohtas urban average of 78.35 percent. The rate was higher in men, with 81.37 percent of males and 67.26 percent of females able to read and write; the 14.11-percent literacy gender gap was slightly above the district urban average of 13.33 percent. In rural parts of Bikramganj block, the literacy rate was 74.96 percent (slightly above the district rural average of 72.5 percent, with 85.56 percent of men and 63.33 percent of women able to read and write. The combined literacy rate of the sub-district of Bikramganj was 74.90 percent, slightly above the district average of 73.37 percent.^[1]

Bikramganj had twohospital in 2024, nomovie theatres, five nationalisedbanks and acommunity centre. It have no ofpublic library at the time.^[1]

All 80 villages in Bikramganj block haddrinking water in 2011, but only three hadtap water; most villages got water fromwells orhand pumps. Fifty-seven villages had schools, serving 93.35 percent of the rural population. Twenty had medical facilities serving 44.69 percent of the rural population, and 31 had telephone access serving 60.66 percent of the rural population. Ten villages had banks, eight hadagricultural credit societies, and 51 hadpucca roads. Fifty-eight villages hadelectrical power, serving 89.75 percent of the rural population.^[1]

Anjabit Singh College is one of the oldest colleges ofVeer Kunwar Singh University (VKSU)Arrah, established in 1957 by Nepal Singh, a resident of Dhawan in Bikramganj. Justices Anand Singh and Kainhaiya Singh were members of the college's governing body, and Vishwanath Singh was its founder. The college teaches the arts and science to degree levels, post-graduate education in history and economics in its Faculty of Arts, and has aBachelor of Computer Application (BCA) course in its vocational-professional program.^[3]

Established in 2008, theco-educational DAV Public School provides secondary education in English and is affiliated with theCentral Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).^[4]

Established in 1975, theHindi co-educational High School Tenduni is managed by the Department of Education and affiliated with theBihar School Examination Board for secondary and high-secondary education.^[5]

Established in 1950, the co-educational Hindi Utkarmit High School inGhusia Kalan is managed by theMinistry of Education and is affiliated with the Bihar School Examination Board at the secondary level.^[6]

Established in 2008, Krishna Sudarshan Public School provides English co-educational upper-primary education.^[7]

The co-educational English school provides the CBSE syllabus and class 1 to high school.^[8]

Divine Public School, affiliated with CBSE Delhi, was founded in April 2011 and has secondary generator power.^[9]

In addition to the city of Bikramganj, the block has 80 inhabited villages with a total rural population of 115,100.^[1]

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