# Dakaita Village, Palasi, Araria (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Palasi, Araria 

# Dakaita

Dakaita is a village in Palasi sub-district of Araria district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **713 people in 157 households**, the 83rd largest of 104 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 52.8%.

- 713people (2011)
- 157households
- 72.6%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Dakaita PIN code and other codes

Dakaita falls in Palasi sub-district, Araria district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatMiapur
- Community development blockPalasi
- Census village code222030

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

## How far is Dakaita from nearby towns?

- Palasi (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Araria (district HQ)40 km by road
- Araria (nearest town)40 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 Dakaita?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●ATMIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Araria
- ○Degree college10+ km · Araria
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Araria
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ 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 Dakaita known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 50% of the 60 hectares of village land is sown, and 19 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 Dakaita

Of every 100 households in Dakaita in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dakaita · ■ Palasi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**0%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**36%

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

**0%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****23%**

**18%

Television ****9%**

**4%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**25%

Own their home ****88%**

**99%

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 Dakaita?

■ Dakaita · ■ Palasi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.6%**

**52.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****931**

**972

Working population ****23.0%**

**34.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.3% for men and 62.5% for women. 44% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 79 (48%) · **■** Farm labourers 42 (26%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 2 (1%) · **■** Marginal 40 (24%)

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 Palasi

- Behari765 people
- Daulatpur748 people
- Hasanpur727 people
- Pipra719 people
- Madhail691 people
- Manbodhtanda683 people
- Sonakandar645 people
- Naranga629 people

[All 107 villages in Palasi](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/araria/palasi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Dakaita from Araria?40 km by road
- What is the population of Dakaita?713 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakaita in?Araria district (Palasi sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Dakaita?72.6% (Census 2011)