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

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Village · Karpi, Arwal 

# Pakri

Pakri is a village in Karpi sub-district of Arwal district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,130 people in 203 households**, the 51st largest of 82 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.5%.

- 1,130people (2011)
- 203households
- 61.4%literacy
- 986females per 1,000 males

## Pakri PIN code and other codes

Pakri falls in Karpi sub-district, Arwal district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatChauhar
- Community development blockKarpi
- Census village code260774

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

## How far is Pakri from nearby towns?

- Karpi (sub-district HQ)7 km by road
- Arwal (district HQ)18 km by road
- Arwal (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 Pakri?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Pakri; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Devkund
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kaler
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Karpi
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 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 Pakri known for?

The main crops are **sugarcane**. About 78% of the 158 hectares of village land is sown, and 121 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 Pakri

Of every 100 households in Pakri in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pakri · ■ Karpi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**2%

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

**21%

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

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****62%**

**71%

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

**2%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****42%**

**50%

Television ****7%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**28%

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 Pakri?

■ Pakri · ■ Karpi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.4%**

**65.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****986**

**924

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1058**

**930

Working population ****24.1%**

**34.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.4% for men and 47.9% for women. 46% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 1 (0%) · **■** Farm labourers 258 (95%) · **■** Marginal 13 (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 Karpi

- Shekhpura1,234 people
- Baghra1,192 people
- Bara1,160 people
- Mahpur Bara1,138 people
- Karwahankar1,073 people
- Jonha1,066 people
- Lodipur1,066 people
- Chauhar Chak1,007 people

[All 84 villages in Karpi](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/arwal/karpi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Pakri from Arwal?18 km by road
- What is the population of Pakri?1,130 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pakri in?Arwal district (Karpi sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Pakri?61.4% (Census 2011)