# Pawai Village, Amarpur, Banka (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Amarpur, Banka 

# Pawai

Pawai is a village in Amarpur sub-district of Banka district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **7,881 people in 1,502 households**, the 3rd largest of 123 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.9%.

- 7,881people (2011)
- 1,502households
- 51.3%literacy
- 913females per 1,000 males

## Pawai PIN code and other codes

Pawai falls in Amarpur sub-district, Banka district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatPawai
- Community development blockAmarpur
- Census village code240606

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

## How far is Pawai from nearby towns?

- Amarpur (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Banka (district HQ)25 km by road
- Amarpur (nearest town)8 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 Pawai?

25 services counted by the Census are inside Pawai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Dumrama
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bhagalpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bhagalpur
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)2 h summer · 1 h winter

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 Pawai known for?

The main crops are **paddy, wheat and maize**. Products made here include farm equipment, hand tools, terracota pot and wooden items. About 72% of the 558 hectares of village land is sown, and 300 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 Pawai

Of every 100 households in Pawai in 2011, 24 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pawai · ■ Amarpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**82%

Tap water ****7%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**92%

Use banking services ****31%**

**39%

Television ****4%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****48%**

**35%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Pawai?

■ Pawai · ■ Amarpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****51.3%**

**62.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****913**

**905

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****911**

**945

Working population ****36.0%**

**33.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.0% for men and 43.0% for women. 46% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 230 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 858 (30%) · **■** Household industry 29 (1%) · **■** Other work 411 (14%) · **■** Marginal 1,311 (46%)

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 Amarpur

- Subhanpur12,381 people
- Salempur8,033 people
- Bharko *7,855 people
- Lachhmipur Chiraia5,871 people
- Kol Buzurg4,576 people
- Kusmaha4,116 people

[All 176 villages in Amarpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/banka/amarpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Pawai from Banka?25 km by road
- What is the population of Pawai?7,881 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pawai in?Banka district (Amarpur sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Pawai?51.3% (Census 2011)