# Bhagchaura Village, Forbesganj, Araria (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Forbesganj, Araria 

# Bhagchaura

Bhagchaura is a village in Forbesganj sub-district of Araria district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **52 people in 12 households**, the 105th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 52.6%.

- 52people (2011)
- 12households
- 72.5%literacy
- 1,080females per 1,000 males

## Bhagchaura PIN code and other codes

Bhagchaura falls in Forbesganj sub-district, Araria district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBhagkohilia
- Community development blockForbesganj
- Census village code221624

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

## How far is Bhagchaura from nearby towns?

- Forbesganj (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Araria (district HQ)36 km by road
- Farbisganj (nearest town)4 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 Bhagchaura?

2 services counted by the Census are inside Bhagchaura; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Farbisganj
- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Farbisganj
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Farbisganj
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Farbisganj
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps 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 Bhagchaura known for?

The main crops are **paddy, wheat and jute**. About 87% of the 120 hectares of village land is sown, and 0 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 Bhagchaura

Of every 100 households in Bhagchaura in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 83 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bhagchaura · ■ Forbesganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**12%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****92%**

**67%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**97%

Use banking services ****50%**

**20%

Television ****8%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****83%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**35%

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 Bhagchaura?

■ Bhagchaura · ■ Forbesganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.5%**

**52.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1080**

**919

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1400**

**955

Working population ****28.8%**

**39.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.0% for men and 50.0% for women. 56% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 2 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (20%) · **■** Other work 9 (60%) · **■** Marginal 1 (7%)

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 Forbesganj

- Nijkulharia231 people
- Hathwa165 people
- Rangdaha150 people
- Tirakharda104 people

[All 108 villages in Forbesganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/araria/forbesganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Bhagchaura from Araria?36 km by road
- What is the population of Bhagchaura?52 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhagchaura in?Araria district (Forbesganj sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Bhagchaura?72.5% (Census 2011)