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

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Village · Bausi, Banka 

# Saraia

Saraia is a village in Bausi sub-district of Banka district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,770 people in 521 households**, the 22nd largest of 120 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 47.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.6%.

- 2,770people (2011)
- 521households
- 47.8%literacy
- 929females per 1,000 males

## Saraia PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatPhaga
- Community development blockBausi
- Census village code242397

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

## How far is Saraia from nearby towns?

- Bausi (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Banka (district HQ)30 km by road
- Banka (nearest town)30 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 Saraia?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Saraia; 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
- ●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 · Bausi
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bausi
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bhagalpur
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ 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 Saraia known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 47% of the 425 hectares of village land is sown, and 150 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 Saraia

Of every 100 households in Saraia in 2011, 0 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Saraia · ■ Bausi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**10%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**89%

Tap water ****2%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**23%

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

**5%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****21%**

**31%

Television ****2%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****47%**

**30%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Saraia?

■ Saraia · ■ Bausi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****47.8%**

**57.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****929**

**920

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****996**

**950

Working population ****48.0%**

**38.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 54.0% for men and 41.1% for women. 52% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 215 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 374 (28%) · **■** Other work 46 (3%) · **■** Marginal 694 (52%)

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

- Kuraro3,627 people
- Kusamaha3,612 people
- Asanha3,146 people
- Pilua2,870 people
- Madho Pur2,606 people
- Porai2,422 people
- Kusiari2,317 people
- Madari2,222 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Saraia from Banka?30 km by road
- What is the population of Saraia?2,770 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saraia in?Banka district (Bausi sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Saraia?47.8% (Census 2011)