Mokar | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | India Bihar#India |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Bihar, India |
Coordinates: | 24.95°N 84.03°W |
Elevation M: | 111 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Bihar |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Patna |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Rohtas |
Subdivision Type4: | Block |
Subdivision Name4: | Sasaram |
Subdivision Type5: | Gram Panchayat |
Subdivision Name5: | Mokar |
Subdivision Type6: | Ward |
Subdivision Name6: | 13 wards |
Population Total: | 3409 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Spoken |
Demographics1 Info1: | Bhojpuri, Hindi English, Urdu |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 821113 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Area Code: | 06184 |
Registration Plate: | BR-24 |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Sex ratio |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | 1,841 - 1,568 ♂/♀ |
Mokar is a Village located in Sasaram tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar, India. It is situated 5 km away from Sasaram, which is both district & sub-district headquarter of Mokar village. As per 2009 stats, Mokar village is also a gram panchayat.
Mokar is one of the 160 villages under the administrative region of Sasaram block in Rohtas district. Chhedi Paswan is the incumbent Member of Parliament from Sasaram and Jawahar Prasad (BJP) is the Member of legislative Assembly from Sasaram.
Mokar is a large village located in Sasaram of Rohtas district, Bihar with total 618 families residing. The Mokar village has population of 3409 of which 1841 are males while 1568 are females as per Population Census 2011.
In Mokar village population of children with age 0-6 is 539 which makes up 15.81% of total population of village. Average sex ratio of Mokar village is 852 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Mokar as per census is 827, lower than Bihar average of 935.[1]
Mokar village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Mokar village was 77.77% compared to 61.80% of Bihar. In Mokar male literacy stands at 86.29% while female literacy rate was 67.82%.
As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Mokar village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village.
A Post office is established in the village by the Government to provide the postal services throughout the nearby area.
Jurisdiction - Mokar Gram Panchayat
Address : Mokar Post Office, Sasaram, Rohtas, Bihar, India, PIN - 821113
Pax of the Mokar Gram Panchayat is located in Mokar. All the Central Government Services under Public Distribution System is regularly implemented by the Pax to the beneficiaries throughout the Gram Panchayat.
To provide the Primary health care services to the villagers there is a Primary Health Centre in 3 km far from the village Mokar
There is an Anganwadi[2] Centre in the village to provide primary health care to the mothers and children below age 6.
Student credit card, Addhar card, and many of online work helpful for students is there[3]
Rail Network
Road Network
By BusSasaram Bus Stand to Mokar[4]
In Mokar village out of total population, 1196 were engaged in work activities. 40.47% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 59.53% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1196 workers engaged in Main Work, 52 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 238 were Agricultural labourer.