# Bagdahara Village, Jokihat, Araria (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Jokihat, Araria 

# Bagdahara

Bagdahara is a village in Jokihat sub-district of Araria district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **7,592 people in 1,525 households**, the 9th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.0%.

- 7,592people (2011)
- 1,525households
- 57.8%literacy
- 926females per 1,000 males

## Bagdahara PIN code and other codes

Bagdahara falls in Jokihat sub-district, Araria district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBagdahara
- Community development blockJokihat
- Census village code222133

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

## How far is Bagdahara from nearby towns?

- Jokihat (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Araria (district HQ)14 km by road
- Araria (nearest town)14 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 Bagdahara?

19 services counted by the Census are inside Bagdahara; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 4 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Araria
- ○Degree college10+ km · Araria
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Araria
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)1 h summer · 1 h winter

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 Bagdahara known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 97% of the 438 hectares of village land is sown, and 195 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 Bagdahara

Of every 100 households in Bagdahara in 2011, 0 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bagdahara · ■ Jokihat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**5%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**93%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**32%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**97%

Use banking services ****20%**

**17%

Television ****2%**

**2%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**30%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 Bagdahara?

■ Bagdahara · ■ Jokihat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.8%**

**53.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****926**

**919

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1091**

**961

Working population ****33.0%**

**31.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.5% for men and 49.1% for women. 46% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 540 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 928 (37%) · **■** Household industry 48 (2%) · **■** Other work 149 (6%) · **■** Marginal 841 (34%)

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 Jokihat

- Taran10,739 people
- Mahalgaon9,038 people
- Kursail8,278 people
- Duba8,029 people
- Bara Istamrar7,379 people
- Masuria6,289 people
- Bhuna Majgawan6,074 people
- Chaukta5,825 people

[All 99 villages in Jokihat](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/araria/jokihat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Bagdahara from Araria?14 km by road
- What is the population of Bagdahara?7,592 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bagdahara in?Araria district (Jokihat sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Bagdahara?57.8% (Census 2011)