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

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Village · Jokihat, Araria 

# Bankora

Bankora is a village in Jokihat sub-district of Araria district, Bihar, PIN code **854329**. The 2011 Census counted **1,275 people in 264 households**, the 76th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.0%.

- 1,275people (2011)
- 264households
- 61.2%literacy
- 854329PIN code

## Bankora PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Bankora is 854329.** Bankora falls in Jokihat sub-district, Araria district, Bihar.

- PIN code854329
- Gram panchayatPathrabari
- Community development blockJokihat
- Census village code222149

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

## How far is Bankora from nearby towns?

- Jokihat (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Araria (district HQ)18 km by road
- Araria (nearest town)18 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 Bankora?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Bankora; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Sisauna
- ○Degree college10+ km · Araria
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Purnia
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes

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 Bankora known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 46% of the 81 hectares of village land is sown, and 25 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 Bankora

Of every 100 households in Bankora in 2011, 0 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 78 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bankora · ■ Jokihat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**5%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**93%

Tap water ****2%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**32%

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

**0%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****51%**

**17%

Television ****8%**

**2%

Mobile phone ****78%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****1%**

**30%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Bankora?

■ Bankora · ■ Jokihat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.2%**

**53.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****837**

**919

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****874**

**961

Working population ****23.6%**

**31.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.5% for men and 47.6% for women. 41% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 58 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 240 (80%) · **■** Other work 2 (1%) · **■** Marginal 1 (0%)

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

- Durgapur1,516 people
- Parha1,491 people
- Rani Istamrar1,414 people
- Dhanpura1,377 people
- Rani1,250 people
- Karahara1,171 people
- Saifullah Tola1,152 people
- Mehadinagar1,093 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Bankora?854329
- How far is Bankora from Araria?18 km by road
- What is the population of Bankora?1,275 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bankora in?Araria district (Jokihat sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Bankora?61.2% (Census 2011)