Atri Bihar Election 2025
If not for one man Dasrath Manjhi, few outside the Gaya district would have heard of Gehlaur, a village in Bihar’s Atri Assembly constituency. Though the Gehlaur was renamed Dasrath Nagar in his honour, Atri remains synonymous with his legacy.
Gehlaur, home to a sizeable Mahadalit population (the poorest among Scheduled Castes), was where Manjhi, a landless labourer, once lived. When his wife fell critically ill, the nearest hospital was 70 km away, a distance that cost her life. Driven by grief, he picked up a hammer and a chisel in 1960 and began carving a road through the rocky hills to connect Gehlaur to the nearest Wazirganj town. For 22 years, villagers mocked him, but by 1982, he had single-handedly cut a 110-metre-long, 9-metre-wide path through the mountain.
Atri has its election day on Tuesday, 11 November 2025.
Counting of votes will take place on November 14, 2025, followed by the declaration of results on the same day.
In the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) candidate Ajay Kumar Yadav won from the Atri constituency. He defeated Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)) candidate Manorma Devi by a margin of 7,931 votes. The total voter turnout in the Atri assembly constituency was approximately 55.42%.
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Candidate Name
|
Party |
| Baijayanti Devi | Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) |
| Romit Kumar | Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) (HAM(S)) |
| Shailendra Kumar | Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) |
| Md. Vakil Varish | Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) |
| Sudhir Kumar | Independent (IND) |
| Subhash Kumar Sinha | Independent (IND) |
| Avinash Kumar Sonu | Janshakti Janta Dal |
| Akash Kumar | Jagrook Janta Party |
| Sahil Kumar | Peoples Party of India (Democratic) |
| Anju Devi | Independent (IND) |
| Chandan | Independent (IND) |
| Vidyabhushan Kumar | Independent (IND) |
The population of the Atri Block (Community Development Block) was 82,296 according to the 2011 Census. The entire population of the block was recorded as rural at that time.
Current estimates project the population of the Atri Block in 2025 to be approximately 103,000 people.
Detailed Breakdown (2011 Census):
The Atri Assembly constituency covers several blocks, making its total population significantly higher than just the Atri Block itself. The population of the full constituency area was approximately 310,443 people as per 2011 Census estimates.
As of the 2020 Assembly Elections, the Atri Assembly constituency had a total of 310,443 registered voters.
For the current 2025 Bihar Assembly Election, the number of registered voters is estimated to be slightly higher, following a special intensive revision of the electoral rolls. The final count for 2025 is around 318,000 voters.
The breakdown from the 2020 data was:
The Atri Assembly constituency was formally established in 1951, in preparation for India's first general elections in 1952.
The region itself is an administrative Block (Community Development Block) within the Gaya district, which was officially established as an independent district by the British in 1865. The name "Atri" also refers to an ancient sage in Hindu mythology and is associated with historical religious sites in the area.
