Nauhatta is a village and corresponding community development block in Rohtas district of Bihar, India. As of 2011, the village of Nauhatta had a population of 5,103, in 909 households, while Nauhatta block had a population of 94,065, in 16,387 households. The nearest city is Dehri.

Geography Parts of Nauhatta block are located on the Rohtas plateau. There is no irrigation system in place in Nauhatta block; many parts of the block are hilly and unsuitable for irrigation. The area of Nauhatta block is 39,494 hectares, including 10,402.4 hectares of forest, while the area of Nauhatta village is 497 hectares.

Demographics

Nauhatta is an entirely rural subdistrict, with no major urban centres. The block's sex ratio was 916 in 2011. The sex ratio was higher in the 0–6 age group, where it was 936. Members of scheduled castes made up 19.47% of the block population and members of scheduled tribes made up 11.88% (the latter percentage was the highest in Rohtas). The literacy rate of Nauhatta block was 63.07%, lowest in Rohtas, with a 23.02% literacy gap between men (74.05%) and women (51.03%).

Of the village of Nauhatta's 5,103 residents in 2011, 2,581 (50.58%) were male and 2,522 (49.42%) were female. 13.78% of the population was in the 0–6 age group. The literacy rate was 62.32% (69.20% among men and 55.27% among women).

Employment The village of Nauhatta had 1,752 total workers in 2011, of whom 1,207 (68.89%) were male and 545 (31.11%) were female. There were a total of 386 cultivators (321 male and 65 female) who owned or leased their own land, 946 agricultural labourers (555 male and 391 female) who worked someone else's land for wages, 87 household industry workers (60 male and 27 female), and 333 other workers (271 male and 62 female).

Amenities In 2011, 19.08% of Nauhatta block households lived in permanent pucca houses, 58.74% lived in semi-permanent houses, and 21.99% lived in temporary kutcha houses. 3.19% of households primarily used tap water as a source of drinking water, 16.17% primarily used wells, and 78.92% primarily used hand pumps. In terms of lighting, 20.91% of households had electric lights and 77.9% used kerosene lamps. 5.79% of households had flush toilets, with 0.8% being connected to sewers and 4.51% to septic tanks; a large majority of block residents had no toilet at home, with 93.31% using open defecation. In terms of cooking, most households (79.55%) used firewood as fuel, with 13.38% using cow dung and 5.72% using crop residue. Most households (74.81%) did not have a kitchen at home; 20.41% did have kitchens. 58.53% of households had access to banking services.

20% of households owned radios in 2011, 12.91% had televisions, 0.5% had a computers with internet access and 7.07% had computers without internet, 1.67% had landline telephones and 55.31% had cell phones (1.52% had both), 43.01% had bicycles, 5.15% had motor scooters, motorcycles, or mopeds, and 1.36% had automobiles. 27.76% had none of the above items.

Villages Nauhatta is one of 68 villages in Nauhatta block. Of these, 65 are inhabited and 3 are uninhabited.

Village name Total land area (hectares) Population (in 2011) Chunda 8,589 1,860 Piparadih 5,146 3,700 Katudanr 232 287 Basarhi 226 0 Gurur 95 0 Mujuraha 64 0 Tiara Khurd 295 1,340 Tiara Kalan 767 960 Nawadih Khurd 507 954 Amahuan 598 347 Madhkupia 432 962 Matiawan 637 1,412 Nawadih Kalan 366 948 Jadunathpur 1,117 1,658 Belduria 401 235 Jaradag 1,058 454 Parchha 649 4,458 Paruka 385 2,688 Tilokhar 496 3,626 Pararia 734 1,557 Tiura, Rohtas 2,131 5,563 Banua 342 1,112 Dumaria 75 351 Chaphla 248 559 Chaukhara 65 49 Lohara 263 2,560 Nauhatta (block headquarters) 497 5,103 Hama 112 806 Birki 94 108 Paharia 149 461 Karamdiha 158 1,101 Sihaldeh 264 552 Bhaunathpur 54 874 Uli Banahi 647 3,490 Mada Tipa 44 154 Tipa 40 746 Dhanauti 274 115 Baijalpur 98 190 Adhaura 340 263 Saguna 76 55 Bhurwa 522 743 Rehal 3,396 3,160 Dewadand 371 1,585 Nimahath 307 2,024 Jaintipur 492 2,270 Anandi Chak 132 1,265 Naudiha 110 1,233 Balbhadarpur 96 623 Hankarpur 77 480 Nawadih 286 226 Nawara 293 415 Kazipur 100 872 Baraicha 335 1,429 Kamal Khairwa 247 2,325 Auraiya 64 791 Amarkha 310 6 Bandu 465 1,078 Khairwa Khurd 91 877 Bhadara 694 3,686 Khandaul 70 90 Saraidanr 139 1,600 Baliari 152 498 Singhpur 356 1,106 Shahpur 272 4,026 Bishunpur 92 1,566 Gurisot 181 1,103 Bhangia 44 779 Daranagar 1,035 6,551

The village of Chunda is the largest village in Rohtas district in terms of physical area.

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