# Phaga Village, Bausi, Banka (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Bausi, Banka 

# Phaga

Phaga is a village in Bausi sub-district of Banka district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **6,502 people in 1,248 households**, the 6th largest of 120 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.6%.

- 6,502people (2011)
- 1,248households
- 60.1%literacy
- 903females per 1,000 males

## Phaga PIN code and other codes

Phaga falls in Bausi sub-district, Banka district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatPhaga
- Community development blockBausi
- Census village code242395

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

## How far is Phaga from nearby towns?

- Bausi (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Banka (district HQ)28 km by road
- Banka (nearest town)28 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 Phaga?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn 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 · Bausi
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Bausi
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bhagalpur
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 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 Phaga known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 73% of the 1,241 hectares of village land is sown, and 700 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 Phaga

Of every 100 households in Phaga in 2011, 2 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Phaga · ■ Bausi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**10%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**89%

Tap water ****2%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**23%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**91%

Use banking services ****36%**

**31%

Television ****4%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**30%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Phaga?

■ Phaga · ■ Bausi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.1%**

**57.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****903**

**920

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****986**

**950

Working population ****47.4%**

**38.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.3% for men and 47.4% for women. 53% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 221 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,600 (52%) · **■** Household industry 7 (0%) · **■** Other work 117 (4%) · **■** Marginal 1,137 (37%)

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 Bausi

- Bagduma8,901 people
- Kairi7,980 people
- Kasba Mandar7,568 people
- Bausi6,621 people
- Sikandar Pur6,169 people
- Angaro Jabra5,731 people
- Dalia5,702 people
- Chilkara5,678 people

[All 153 villages in Bausi](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/banka/bausi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Phaga from Banka?28 km by road
- What is the population of Phaga?6,502 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Phaga in?Banka district (Bausi sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Phaga?60.1% (Census 2011)