Akorhi Gola

In 2011, the literacy rate of Akorhi Gola block was 72.33%, slightly below the district rate of 73.37%. Literacy was higher in men than in women: 83.13% of men, but only 60.54% of women, could read and write; the corresponding 22.59% literacy gap was slightly higher than the district average of 19.91%.[2]

Akorhi Gola does not have tap water, with drinking water instead coming from either well or hand pump. It does not have public toilets, telephone coverage, or Internet access. It lacks permanent pucca roads, but it does have kuchcha roads. It has a post office, a public library, a recreation centre with sports fields, and a daily mandi, but not a weekly haat or any movie theatres. It has one primary school and three middle schools, but no secondary schools; there is one medical facility.[2]

All villages in Akorhi Gola block have access to electricity, a distinction it shares with Dehri block in Rohtas district. 48 of the 53 inhabited villages have schools, serving 92.5% of the population, which is marginally above the average for Rohtas district. 12 villages have medical facilities, serving 36.43% of the population, which again is slightly above the district average. 35 villages have telephone services, serving 63.75% of the population. 13 villages have banks and agricultural credit societies, serving 52.69% of the population, and 44 have access to permanent pucca roads, serving 85.34% of the block population.[2]

In 2011, 53.08% of Akorhi Gola block's residents lived in permanent pucca houses, 28.89% lived in semi-permanent houses, and 17.91% lived in temporary kutcha houses. A large majority (94.63%) of households used mainly hand pump for access to drinking water, with 3.01% using tap water and the remainder using wells and other sources. 73.4% of households used kerosene lamps for lighting, with 24.15% using electric lights and the remainder using other sources. Most households did not have toilets, with 1.05% using mainly public toilets and 79.36% using open defecation. 1.14% had toilets connected to sanitary sewers, 14.67% had toilets connected to septic tanks, and 1.65% had flush toilets connected to other systems. For fuel used in cooking, a majority of households (65.99%) used mainly cow dung cakes, with 17.43% using firewood and 8.86% using crop residue (the remainder used other fuels). Most households (76.52%) did not have kitchens in the home; 17.18% did have kitchens in their homes, while the remainder cooked outdoors. 60.34% of households had access to banking services.[3]

In addition, 26.47% of households had radios, 21.05% had televisions, 0.59% had computers with internet access and 4.96% had computers without internet. 2.19% had landline telephones, 60.98% had cell phones, and 1.1% had both types of phone. 66.67% had bicycles, 9.69% had motor scooters, motorcycles, or mopeds, and 1.55% had automobiles. 16.89% did not have any of the above items.[3]