# Menhan Village, Dandari, Begusarai (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Dandari, Begusarai 

# Menhan

Menhan is a village in Dandari sub-district of Begusarai district, Bihar, PIN code **851112**. The 2011 Census counted **3,985 people in 861 households**, the 9th largest of 18 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.6%.

- 3,985people (2011)
- 861households
- 62.5%literacy
- 851112PIN code

## Menhan PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Menhan is 851112.** Menhan falls in Dandari sub-district, Begusarai district, Bihar.

- PIN code851112
- Gram panchayatMenhan
- Community development blockDandari
- Census village code238256

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

## How far is Menhan from nearby towns?

- Dandari (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Begusarai (district HQ)25 km by road
- Baliya (nearest town)15 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 Menhan?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Menhan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Baliya
- ○Degree college10+ km · Baliya
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Begusarai
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes 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 Menhan known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 78% of the 513 hectares of village land is sown, and 300 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 Menhan

Of every 100 households in Menhan in 2011, 3 had electricity, 33 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Menhan · ■ Dandari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****33%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****65%**

**80%

Tap water ****14%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****54%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**98%

Use banking services ****34%**

**27%

Television ****6%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**34%

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 Menhan?

■ Menhan · ■ Dandari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.5%**

**57.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****860**

**906

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****874**

**941

Working population ****39.5%**

**34.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.3% for men and 53.5% for women. 47% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 155 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 149 (9%) · **■** Household industry 38 (2%) · **■** Other work 196 (12%) · **■** Marginal 1,036 (66%)

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 Dandari

- Mehpatol6,554 people
- Katahri6,173 people
- Rajopur5,760 people
- Bishunpur4,273 people
- Pachrukhi3,896 people
- Sughraun3,713 people
- Partappur2,514 people
- Mohanpur2,201 people

[All 28 villages in Dandari](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/begusarai/dandari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Menhan?851112
- How far is Menhan from Begusarai?25 km by road
- What is the population of Menhan?3,985 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Menhan in?Begusarai district (Dandari sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Menhan?62.5% (Census 2011)