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

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Village · Jokihat, Araria 

# Lalia

Lalia is a village in Jokihat sub-district of Araria district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,806 people in 380 households**, the 64th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 40.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.0%.

- 1,806people (2011)
- 380households
- 40.8%literacy
- 955females per 1,000 males

## Lalia PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatGirda
- Community development blockJokihat
- Census village code222165

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

## How far is Lalia from nearby towns?

- Jokihat (sub-district HQ)18 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 Lalia?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Sisauna
- ○Degree college10+ km · Araria
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Araria
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 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 Lalia known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 86% of the 97 hectares of village land is sown, and 33 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 Lalia

Of every 100 households in Lalia in 2011, 0 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Lalia · ■ Jokihat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**5%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**93%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**32%

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

**0%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****3%**

**17%

Television ****0%**

**2%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****35%**

**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 Lalia?

■ Lalia · ■ Jokihat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****40.8%**

**53.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**919

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1094**

**961

Working population ****36.7%**

**31.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 50.9% for men and 29.7% for women. 44% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 29 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 465 (70%) · **■** Marginal 168 (25%)

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

- Pechaili2,059 people
- Marua2,038 people
- Malchhari1,918 people
- Siswa1,835 people
- Ghormara1,755 people
- Gamharia1,706 people
- Rahikpur1,676 people
- Domahana1,675 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Lalia from Araria?25 km by road
- What is the population of Lalia?1,806 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lalia in?Araria district (Jokihat sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Lalia?40.8% (Census 2011)