# Chaura Village, Bhargama, Araria (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Bhargama, Araria 

# Chaura

Chaura is a village in Bhargama sub-district of Araria district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **343 people in 62 households**, the 51st largest of 55 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 50.5%.

- 343people (2011)
- 62households
- 66.3%literacy
- 983females per 1,000 males

## Chaura PIN code and other codes

Chaura falls in Bhargama sub-district, Araria district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatChaura
- Community development blockBhargama
- Census village code221647

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Chaura from nearby towns?

- Bhargama (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Araria (district HQ)42 km by road
- Araria (nearest town)42 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Chaura?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Chaura; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary school5–10 km · Sukela
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Bhargaon
- ○Degree college10+ km · Araria
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Araria
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Chaura known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 89% of the 57 hectares of village land is sown, and 40 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Chaura

Of every 100 households in Chaura in 2011, 0 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 77 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Chaura · ■ Bhargama rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**2%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**92%

Tap water ****3%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****93%**

**67%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**99%

Use banking services ****50%**

**20%

Television ****22%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****77%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****3%**

**30%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Chaura?

■ Chaura · ■ Bhargama rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.3%**

**50.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****983**

**916

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****794**

**940

Working population ****49.3%**

**46.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.5% for men and 57.3% for women. 47% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 157 (93%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (5%) · **■** Other work 3 (2%) · **■** Marginal 1 (1%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Bhargama

- Jasodapur501 people
- Gamharia Milik453 people
- Gopipur415 people
- Chandni Ghasi379 people
- Chandni Ghasi325 people
- Chandni Ghasi311 people
- Barhmotar Chakla185 people
- Birnagar Milik77 people

[All 67 villages in Bhargama](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/araria/bhargama/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Chaura from Araria?42 km by road
- What is the population of Chaura?343 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaura in?Araria district (Bhargama sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Chaura?66.3% (Census 2011)