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[[File:Kushdihra, Rohtas, Bihar.jpg|alt=Kushdihra, a village in Rohtas Block |thumb|303x303px|View of Rohtas Plateau from village Kushdihra]]
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'''Rohtas''' is a [[community development block]] in [[Rohtas district]] of [[Bihar]], [[India]]. The block headquarters is in the village of [[Akbarpur, Rohtas|Akbarpur]], 5 km east of the historic [[Rohtas Fort, India|Rohtas Fort]]. As of 2011, the population of Rohtas block was 86,049.<ref name="Census 2011">{{cite web |title=Census of India 2011: Bihar District Census Handbook - Rohtas, Part A (Village and Town Directory) |pages=33, 44–70, 94, 97–99, 1156–1171, 1191–1192|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/BiharA.html |website=Census 2011 India|accessdate=21 May 2020}}</ref>

== History ==
The eponymous fortress of [[Rohtas Fort, India|Rohtas]] was an important centre under [[Sher Shah Suri]] and during the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] period.<ref name="Census 2011"/>

The village of [[Akbarpur, Rohtas|Akbarpur]], in the foothills near Rohtasgarh, formed a [[pargana]] during the Mughal period. The tomb of [[Malik Wishal Khan]], the ''[[daroga]]'' of Rohtasgarh under [[Shah Jahan]], is located here.<ref name="Census 2011"/>

== Geography ==
Rohtas block is geographically diverse, with parts of it lying on the [[Sasaram]] Plain and other parts on the [[Rohtas Plateau]], a hilly outcrop of the [[Vindhya Range]].<ref name="Census 2011"/>

== Demographics ==
{{historical populations
| source = 2011 Census of India<ref name="Census 2011"/>
| 2001 | 78625
| 2011 | 86049
}}
In 2011, the population of Rohtas block was 86,049, of which 4,504 lived in the [[census town]] of [[Telkap]] and 81,545 in rural areas. The overall [[sex ratio]] of the block was 944 females to every 1000 males, which was the highest in the district. The sex ratio was higher in rural areas (947) than in urban areas (904); it was also higher in the 0-6 age group than in the general population. In the 0-6 age group, the sex ratio was 957 (960 in rural areas, and 910 in urban areas), which was the second-highest in the district behind [[Dawath]]. (The rural 0-6 sex ratio, however, exceeded Dawath's, making it the highest in the district.)<ref name="Census 2011"/>

Members of [[scheduled castes]] numbered 15,794 in Rohtas block, representing 18.35% of the population; this proportion was almost identical to the district average of 18.57%. Members of [[scheduled tribes]] numbered 6,885, representing 8% of the population, which was much higher than the district average of 1.07%. Additionally, the town of Telkap, in Rohtas block, had the highest proportion of scheduled tribes membership among urban areas in the district of Rohtas (6.86%, compared to the average of 0.75%).<ref name="Census 2011"/>

[[Literacy]] in Rohtas block was somewhat below the district average: 66.41% of people in the block could read and write, compared with 73.37% in the district as a whole. Literacy was higher in men than in women; 76.24% of men but only 55.96% of women could read and write. The corresponding gender gap in literacy was 20.28%, which was marginally above the district average of 19.91%.<ref name="Census 2011"/>

A slight majority of the workforce of Rohtas block was employed in [[agriculture]] in 2011, with 12.13% being cultivators who owned or leased their own land and 38.77% being agricultural labourers who worked someone else's land for money. Another 5.77% of the workforce was employed in household industries, and the remaining 43.33% were employed in other forms of work.<ref name="Census 2011"/>

== Economy ==
Near the village of [[Banjari, Rohtas|Banjari]] there are significant [[limestone]] deposits which are mined for use in the production of [[cement]].<ref name="Census 2011"/>

Of the total land area in Rohtas block, 31.57% is cultivable land; of the cultivable land, 54.92% was [[irrigation|irrigated]] in 2011.<ref name="Census 2011"/>

== Villages ==
Rohtas block contains 37 villages, of which 33 are inhabited and 4 are uninhabited.<ref name="Census 2011"/>

{| class="wikitable sortable"

|-
! Village name
! Total land area (hectares)
! Population (in 2011)
|-
| Tumba || 639.9 || 6,135
|-
| Karma || 356.9 || 2,177
|-
| Basarhi || 160.6 || 93
|-
| Nawadih || 346 || 4,415
|-
| Dhelabar || 297.4 || 2,707
|-
| Khajuri || 253.7 || 1,838
|-
| Rasulpur || 275.6 || 3,532
|-
| Kasiawan || 298 || 4,047
|-
| Bazidpur || 121 || 2,689
|-
| [[Banjari, Bihar|Banjari]] || 270 || 2,629
|-
| Lebura || 220.81 || 1,797
|-
| Kalyanpur || 207.85 || 1,676
|-
| Kachhuhar || 6,711.3 || 501
|-
| Kaskudar || 82.72 || 0
|-
| Amra || 121.46 || 0
|-
| Mandha || 126.62 || 520
|-
| Amdih || 103.53 || 174
|-
| Kauriari || 6,235 || 2,349
|-
| Budhua || 5,572.32 || 2,000
|-
| Rohtas || 4,213.6 || 2,718
|-
| Diadih || 916.83 || 627
|-
| Bharuhi || 141.8 || 472
|-
| Samahuta || 545.56 || 2,943
|-
| Murli Pahari || 53.38 || 250
|-
| Baknaur || 723.07 || 7,558
|-
| Merara || 53.64 || 0
|-
| '''[[Akbarpur, Rohtas|Akbarpur]]''' (capital) || 333 || 9,236
|-
| Uchaila || 517.93 || 5,125
|-
| Baskatia || 178 || 2,416
|-
| Kusdihra || 342 || 2,010
|-
| Rajpur || 77.97 || 0
|-
| Milki || 30.18 || 858
|-
| Jamua || 204.84 || 2,541
|-
| Kanakpur || 52.73 || 69
|-
| Nawadih || 261.11 || 2,226
|-
| Maghigawan || 235.64 || 1,904
|-
| Thummha || 338.36 || 1,313
|}

== References ==

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{{coord missing|Bihar}}

[[Category:Rohtas district]]
[[Category:Community development blocks in Bihar]]

{{Rohtas-geo-stub}}

Rohtas block - Revision history

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