# Baniara Village, Sonhaula, Bhagalpur (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Sonhaula, Bhagalpur 

# Baniara

Baniara is a village in Sonhaula sub-district of Bhagalpur district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,143 people in 180 households**, the 65th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 44.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.9%.

- 1,143people (2011)
- 180households
- 44.6%literacy
- 880females per 1,000 males

## Baniara PIN code and other codes

Baniara falls in Sonhaula sub-district, Bhagalpur district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatSilhankhajuria
- Community development blockSonhaula
- Census village code240340

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

## How far is Baniara from nearby towns?

- Sonhaula (sub-district HQ)20 km by road
- Bhagalpur (district HQ)35 km by road
- Bhagalpur (nearest town)35 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 Baniara?

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

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary school5–10 km · Jalha
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Bhagalpur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bhagalpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bhagalpur
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 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

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 Baniara known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 86% of the 143 hectares of village land is sown, and 28 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 Baniara

Of every 100 households in Baniara in 2011, 1 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baniara · ■ Sonhaula rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**24%

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

**1%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****25%**

**44%

Television ****2%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**31%

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 Baniara?

■ Baniara · ■ Sonhaula rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****44.6%**

**54.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****880**

**900

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****972**

**944

Working population ****38.5%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 54.3% for men and 33.3% for women. 45% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 24 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 325 (74%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 18 (4%) · **■** Marginal 72 (16%)

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 Sonhaula

- Bamia1,169 people
- Bhagwanpur1,169 people
- Azampur1,163 people
- Bakhra1,155 people
- Gobindpur1,127 people
- Sonudih1,101 people
- Pathakdih1,064 people
- Agaia1,030 people

[All 177 villages in Sonhaula](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/bhagalpur/sonhaula/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Baniara from Bhagalpur?35 km by road
- What is the population of Baniara?1,143 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baniara in?Bhagalpur district (Sonhaula sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Baniara?44.6% (Census 2011)