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

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Village · Jokihat, Araria 

# Ghormara

Ghormara is a village in Jokihat sub-district of Araria district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,755 people in 340 households**, the 65th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.0%.

- 1,755people (2011)
- 340households
- 57.1%literacy
- 933females per 1,000 males

## Ghormara PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatParshadpur
- Community development blockJokihat
- Census village code222190

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

## How far is Ghormara from nearby towns?

- Jokihat (sub-district HQ)20 km by road
- Araria (district HQ)25 km by road
- Araria (nearest town)25 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 Ghormara?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Ghormara; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Sisauna
- ○Degree college10+ km · Araria
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kishanganj
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ 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 Ghormara known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 94% of the 126 hectares of village land is sown, and 45 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 Ghormara

Of every 100 households in Ghormara in 2011, 0 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ghormara · ■ Jokihat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**5%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****89%**

**32%

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

**0%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****12%**

**17%

Television ****1%**

**2%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**30%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Ghormara?

■ Ghormara · ■ Jokihat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.1%**

**53.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****933**

**919

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****970**

**961

Working population ****25.8%**

**31.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.5% for men and 50.2% for women. 45% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 75 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 301 (67%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 38 (8%) · **■** Marginal 37 (8%)

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

- Marua2,038 people
- Malchhari1,918 people
- Siswa1,835 people
- Lalia1,806 people
- Gamharia1,706 people
- Rahikpur1,676 people
- Domahana1,675 people
- Jahanpur1,653 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Ghormara from Araria?25 km by road
- What is the population of Ghormara?1,755 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghormara in?Araria district (Jokihat sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Ghormara?57.1% (Census 2011)