The block headquarters is in the village of Akbarpur, 5 km east of the historic Rohtas Fort.

[1] The eponymous fortress of Rohtas was an important centre under Sher Shah Suri and during the Mughal period.

[1] 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.

)[1] 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%.