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

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Village · Jokihat, Araria 

# Semaria

Semaria is a village in Jokihat sub-district of Araria district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **4,220 people in 867 households**, the 22nd largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.0%.

- 4,220people (2011)
- 867households
- 59.2%literacy
- 921females per 1,000 males

## Semaria PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatSemaria
- Community development blockJokihat
- Census village code222122

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

## How far is Semaria from nearby towns?

- Jokihat (sub-district HQ)3 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 Semaria?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Semaria; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Araria
- ○Degree college10+ km · Araria
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Purnia
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library5–10 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 Semaria known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 66% of the 329 hectares of village land is sown, and 103 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 Semaria

Of every 100 households in Semaria in 2011, 0 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Semaria · ■ 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 ****15%**

**32%

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

**0%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****15%**

**17%

Television ****2%**

**2%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**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 Semaria?

■ Semaria · ■ Jokihat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.2%**

**53.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****921**

**919

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1010**

**961

Working population ****26.1%**

**31.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.2% for men and 49.1% for women. 40% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 133 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 453 (41%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 39 (4%) · **■** Marginal 475 (43%)

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

- Bardenga4,876 people
- Parshadpur4,814 people
- Bagnagar4,709 people
- Kesarra4,489 people
- Chainpur4,119 people
- Malharia4,114 people
- Machhaila4,049 people
- Girda4,019 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Semaria from Araria?18 km by road
- What is the population of Semaria?4,220 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Semaria in?Araria district (Jokihat sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Semaria?59.2% (Census 2011)