# Chiragi Chak Village, Dhuraiya, Banka (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Dhuraiya, Banka 

# Chiragi Chak

Chiragi Chak is a village in Dhuraiya sub-district of Banka district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **232 people in 37 households**, the 151st largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 36.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.2%.

- 232people (2011)
- 37households
- 36.6%literacy
- 758females per 1,000 males

## Chiragi Chak PIN code and other codes

Chiragi Chak falls in Dhuraiya sub-district, Banka district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatMakaita-Babura
- Community development blockDhuraiya
- Census village code241037

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

## How far is Chiragi Chak from nearby towns?

- Dhuraiya (sub-district HQ)27 km by road
- Banka (district HQ)45 km by road
- Banka (nearest town)45 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 Chiragi Chak?

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

### In the village

- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary school5–10 km · Arsanda
- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Banka
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bhagalpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bhagalpur
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes

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 Chiragi Chak known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 100% of the 32 hectares of village land is sown, and 32 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 Chiragi Chak

Of every 100 households in Chiragi Chak in 2011, 100 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chiragi Chak · ■ Dhuraiya rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****68%**

**27%

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

**1%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****11%**

**32%

Television ****16%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**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 Chiragi Chak?

■ Chiragi Chak · ■ Dhuraiya rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****36.6%**

**58.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****758**

**909

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****885**

**943

Working population ****47.0%**

**40.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 43.4% for men and 27.3% for women. 53% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 20 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 33 (30%) · **■** Other work 4 (4%) · **■** Marginal 52 (48%)

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 Dhuraiya

- Marpa255 people
- Dabaia248 people
- Mahua246 people
- Aitha237 people
- Keamdi Chak225 people
- Mohanpur217 people
- Mirzapur216 people
- Milki Chak208 people

[All 222 villages in Dhuraiya](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/banka/dhuraiya/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Chiragi Chak from Banka?45 km by road
- What is the population of Chiragi Chak?232 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chiragi Chak in?Banka district (Dhuraiya sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Chiragi Chak?36.6% (Census 2011)