# Goura Village, Arwal, Arwal (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Arwal, Arwal 

# Goura

Goura is a village in Arwal sub-district of Arwal district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **943 people in 173 households**, the 43rd largest of 50 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.9%.

- 943people (2011)
- 173households
- 78.9%literacy
- 875females per 1,000 males

## Goura PIN code and other codes

Goura falls in Arwal sub-district, Arwal district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatAbagila
- Community development blockArwal
- Census village code260640

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

## How far is Goura from nearby towns?

- Arwal (sub-district HQ)7 km by road
- Arwal (district HQ)7 km by road
- Arwal (nearest town)7 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 Goura?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Goura; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Itwa
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Arwal
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Arwal
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river

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 Goura known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 85% of the 66 hectares of village land is sown, and 50 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 Goura

Of every 100 households in Goura in 2011, 1 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Goura · ■ Arwal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****34%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****66%**

**79%

Tap water ****4%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****71%**

**74%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**95%

Use banking services ****79%**

**51%

Television ****15%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**51%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**27%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Goura?

■ Goura · ■ Arwal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.9%**

**68.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****875**

**921

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****651**

**940

Working population ****25.5%**

**33.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.6% for men and 64.0% for women. 46% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 100 (42%) · **■** Farm labourers 84 (35%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 43 (18%) · **■** Marginal 12 (5%)

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 Arwal

- Nasirpur Sarwar1,110 people
- Pheku Bigha1,103 people
- Rampur1,061 people
- Bara998 people
- Bazidpur844 people
- Madan Singhka Bigha798 people
- Madanpur Dhawa598 people
- Kansupur535 people

[All 54 villages in Arwal](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/arwal/arwal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Goura from Arwal?7 km by road
- What is the population of Goura?943 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Goura in?Arwal district (Arwal sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Goura?78.9% (Census 2011)