# Guwarba Village, Barahat, Banka (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Barahat, Banka 

# Guwarba

Guwarba is a village in Barahat sub-district of Banka district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **885 people in 178 households**, the 39th largest of 65 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 60.0%.

- 885people (2011)
- 178households
- 60.0%literacy
- 924females per 1,000 males

## Guwarba PIN code and other codes

Guwarba falls in Barahat sub-district, Banka district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatKharihara
- Community development blockBarahat
- Census village code241163

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

## How far is Guwarba from nearby towns?

- Barahat (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Banka (district HQ)8 km by road
- Banka (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 Guwarba?

4 services counted by the Census are inside Guwarba; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Phullidumar
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bhagalpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bhagalpur
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)1 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 Guwarba known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 75% of the 53 hectares of village land is sown, and 35 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 Guwarba

Of every 100 households in Guwarba in 2011, 1 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Guwarba · ■ Barahat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**85%

Tap water ****2%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**37%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**87%

Use banking services ****3%**

**41%

Television ****3%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****65%**

**36%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Guwarba?

■ Guwarba · ■ Barahat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.0%**

**60.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****924**

**916

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****826**

**935

Working population ****40.3%**

**33.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.5% for men and 54.2% for women. 52% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 139 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 102 (29%) · **■** Other work 16 (4%) · **■** Marginal 100 (28%)

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

- Bania Chak999 people
- Baidachak978 people
- Chechra913 people
- Mohani906 people
- Khiri877 people
- Janukita855 people
- Hijrar826 people
- Tappadih807 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Guwarba from Banka?8 km by road
- What is the population of Guwarba?885 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Guwarba in?Banka district (Barahat sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Guwarba?60.0% (Census 2011)