Adhaura, Kaimur
Adhaura is located 58 km from Bhabua, the Kaimur district headquarters, in a hilly and forested area. As of 2011, the sex ratio of Adhaura block was 926 females to every 1000 males. The sex ratio among the 0-6 age bracket was 958. Members of scheduled castes made up 12.93% of the block's population (the lowest proportion in the district) and members of scheduled tribes made up 51.98% (the highest in the district). The block's literacy rate was 56.34%, the lowest in Kaimur district. Male literacy was 68.96% and female literacy was 42.59%, with the corresponding 26.37% gender literacy gap being the highest in the district. Most of Adhaura block's workforce was employed in agriculture in 2011, with 23.45% of workers being cultivators who owned or leased their own land and another 65.05% being agricultural labourers who worked someone else's land for wages. 2.99% were household industry workers, and the remaining 8.51% were other workers. Adhaura block contains the following villages:
Demographics
As of 2011, its population was 2,961, in 550 households. It is the least populated block in Kaimur district.