# Dipnagar Village, Sikti, Araria (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Sikti, Araria 

# Dipnagar

Dipnagar is a village in Sikti sub-district of Araria district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,524 people in 280 households**, the 36th largest of 54 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 56.8%.

- 1,524people (2011)
- 280households
- 55.5%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Dipnagar PIN code and other codes

Dipnagar falls in Sikti sub-district, Araria district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatKuchaha
- Community development blockSikti
- Census village code221989

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

## How far is Dipnagar from nearby towns?

- Sikti (sub-district HQ)7 km by road
- Araria (district HQ)65 km by road
- Araria (nearest town)65 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 Dipnagar?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn 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 · 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 bank10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps

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 Dipnagar known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 68% of the 315 hectares of village land is sown, and 168 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 Dipnagar

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

■ Dipnagar · ■ Sikti rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

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

**4%

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

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****96%**

**46%

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

**0%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****0%**

**14%

Television ****1%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****3%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**26%

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 Dipnagar?

■ Dipnagar · ■ Sikti rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.5%**

**56.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****952**

**972

Working population ****42.1%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.6% for men and 38.5% for women. 48% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 325 (51%) · **■** Farm labourers 205 (32%) · **■** Other work 4 (1%) · **■** Marginal 107 (17%)

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 Sikti

- Khoragachhi Milik1,849 people
- Benga1,808 people
- Sohagmara1,660 people
- Aulabari1,534 people
- Pipra1,266 people
- Khoragachhi1,212 people
- Saida Pokhar1,205 people
- Dainia1,180 people

[All 57 villages in Sikti](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/araria/sikti/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Dipnagar from Araria?65 km by road
- What is the population of Dipnagar?1,524 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dipnagar in?Araria district (Sikti sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Dipnagar?55.5% (Census 2011)