# Pair Village, Dhuraiya, Banka (Bihar) – PIN Code & Facilities

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Village · Dhuraiya, Banka 

# Pair

Pair is a village in Dhuraiya sub-district of Banka district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,621 people in 264 households**, the 52nd largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.2%.

- 1,621people (2011)
- 264households
- 64.0%literacy
- 878females per 1,000 males

## Pair PIN code and other codes

Pair falls in Dhuraiya sub-district, Banka district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatTahirpur-Gaura
- Community development blockDhuraiya
- Census village code241080

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

## How far is Pair from nearby towns?

- Dhuraiya (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Banka (district HQ)41 km by road
- Banka (nearest town)41 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 Pair?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Pair; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Baradih
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bhagalpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bhagalpur
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 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
- Electricity (2011)2 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 Pair known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 77% of the 79 hectares of village land is sown, and 61 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 Pair

Of every 100 households in Pair in 2011, 25 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Pair · ■ Dhuraiya rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**27%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**91%

Use banking services ****48%**

**32%

Television ****4%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**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 Pair?

■ Pair · ■ Dhuraiya rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.0%**

**58.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****878**

**909

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****881**

**943

Working population ****35.0%**

**40.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.8% for men and 51.7% for women. 44% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 39 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 180 (32%) · **■** Other work 43 (8%) · **■** Marginal 306 (54%)

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

- Asi1,728 people
- Jagankita1,651 people
- Hirammi1,642 people
- Hasanpur1,628 people
- Basantpur1,592 people
- Deodar1,585 people
- Pipra1,557 people
- Joki1,552 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Pair from Banka?41 km by road
- What is the population of Pair?1,621 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pair in?Banka district (Dhuraiya sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Pair?64.0% (Census 2011)