# Chakwara Village, Belhar, Banka (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Belhar, Banka 

# Chakwara

Chakwara is a village in Belhar sub-district of Banka district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **43 people in 8 households**, the 140th largest of 142 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.2%.

- 43people (2011)
- 8households
- 48.5%literacy
- 1,048females per 1,000 males

## Chakwara PIN code and other codes

Chakwara falls in Belhar sub-district, Banka district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatSirinagar
- Community development blockBelhar
- Census village code241521

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

## How far is Chakwara from nearby towns?

- Belhar (sub-district HQ)9 km by road
- Banka (district HQ)45 km by road
- Sultanganj (nearest town)36 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 Chakwara?

0 services counted by the Census are inside Chakwara; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary school5–10 km · Kantia
- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Bhoreganj
- ○Degree college10+ km · Tarapur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bhagalpur
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps 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 Chakwara known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 82% of the 25 hectares of village land is sown, and 20 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 Chakwara

Of every 100 households in Chakwara in 2011, 0 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chakwara · ■ Belhar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**6%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**89%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**27%

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

**3%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****31%**

**40%

Television ****10%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****62%**

**34%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Chakwara?

■ Chakwara · ■ Belhar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****48.5%**

**60.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1048**

**909

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****2333**

**941

Working population ****51.2%**

**40.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.1% for men and 33.3% for women. 57% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Cultivators 9 (41%) · **■** Marginal 13 (59%)

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 Belhar

- Tola Beldiha87 people
- Tola Khunta60 people
- Sugardobh49 people
- Tola Laurhijor48 people
- Pathar Kunda36 people
- Tola Salaia8 people

[All 172 villages in Belhar](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/banka/belhar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Chakwara from Banka?45 km by road
- What is the population of Chakwara?43 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chakwara in?Banka district (Belhar sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Chakwara?48.5% (Census 2011)