Sasaram is well connected both by road and railway. The NH2 (Grand Trunk Road) passes through the city. The main mode of local transportation are buses operated by both private operators and the state government. The private buses are more frequent and connect to most of the local bazaars. However, some remote areas still use horse carts and bullock carts. Around 40% of the villages in Sasaram district have only unpaved roads.

Bihar has among the lowest rates of literacy in India, and Sasaram shares this trend. Due to the lack of sources of employment, students of higher education often choose to migrate to other cities in search of employment. There are four government colleges, but no university, and most of the students prefer to go to more developed cities, such as Patna and Varanasi, for higher education. However, there has been increase in literacy rate under the governance of Nitish Kumar, Chief Minister of Bihar and Sasaram is the second most literate city in Bihar, which in turn has made Rohtas the most literate district in Bihar

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