# Chirah Village, Jokihat, Araria (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Jokihat, Araria 

# Chirah

Chirah is a village in Jokihat sub-district of Araria district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **3,008 people in 619 households**, the 44th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.0%.

- 3,008people (2011)
- 619households
- 56.1%literacy
- 961females per 1,000 males

## Chirah PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatChirah
- Community development blockJokihat
- Census village code222177

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

## How far is Chirah from nearby towns?

- Jokihat (sub-district HQ)18 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 Chirah?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Chirah; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Sisauna
- ○Degree college10+ km · Araria
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Purnia
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river

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 Chirah known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 63% of the 646 hectares of village land is sown, and 267 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 Chirah

Of every 100 households in Chirah in 2011, 0 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chirah · ■ Jokihat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

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

**5%

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

**93%

Tap water ****2%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****62%**

**32%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**97%

Use banking services ****7%**

**17%

Television ****1%**

**2%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**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 Chirah?

■ Chirah · ■ Jokihat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.1%**

**53.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****961**

**919

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****893**

**961

Working population ****33.4%**

**31.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.5% for men and 50.7% for women. 48% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 63 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 561 (56%) · **■** Other work 23 (2%) · **■** Marginal 359 (36%)

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

- Gogra3,288 people
- Satbhita3,283 people
- Gerki3,269 people
- Barhuwa3,207 people
- Majgawan2,766 people
- Kakorha2,745 people
- Pathrabari2,653 people
- Dharmeshwar Gachh2,593 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Chirah from Araria?18 km by road
- What is the population of Chirah?3,008 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chirah in?Araria district (Jokihat sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Chirah?56.1% (Census 2011)