# Bania Chak Village, Barahat, Banka (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Barahat, Banka 

# Bania Chak

Bania Chak is a village in Barahat sub-district of Banka district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **999 people in 185 households**, the 35th largest of 65 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 60.0%.

- 999people (2011)
- 185households
- 62.0%literacy
- 881females per 1,000 males

## Bania Chak PIN code and other codes

Bania Chak falls in Barahat sub-district, Banka district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatGordhawar
- Community development blockBarahat
- Census village code241188

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

## How far is Bania Chak from nearby towns?

- Barahat (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Banka (district HQ)23 km by road
- Banka (nearest town)23 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 Bania Chak?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Bania Chak; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Phullidumar
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Rajaun
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bhagalpur
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 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 Bania Chak known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 93% of the 69 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 Bania Chak

Of every 100 households in Bania Chak in 2011, 38 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 13 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Bania Chak · ■ Barahat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**37%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****13%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****67%**

**87%

Use banking services ****73%**

**41%

Television ****35%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**36%

Own their home ****93%**

**97%

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 Bania Chak?

■ Bania Chak · ■ Barahat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.0%**

**60.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****881**

**916

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****906**

**935

Working population ****40.3%**

**33.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.5% for men and 48.8% for women. 53% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 33 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 333 (83%) · **■** Other work 18 (4%) · **■** Marginal 19 (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 Barahat

- Gobind Pur1,219 people
- Muluk1,154 people
- Kachmachia1,152 people
- Chapra1,067 people
- Baidachak978 people
- Chechra913 people
- Mohani906 people
- Guwarba885 people

[All 73 villages in Barahat](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/banka/barahat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Bania Chak from Banka?23 km by road
- What is the population of Bania Chak?999 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bania Chak in?Banka district (Barahat sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Bania Chak?62.0% (Census 2011)