# Bankat Village, Agiaon, Bhojpur (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Agiaon, Bhojpur 

# Bankat

Bankat is a village in Agiaon sub-district of Bhojpur district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,346 people in 242 households**, the 41st largest of 67 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.9%.

- 1,346people (2011)
- 242households
- 74.7%literacy
- 962females per 1,000 males

## Bankat PIN code and other codes

Bankat falls in Agiaon sub-district, Bhojpur district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatKhopira
- Community development blockAgiaon
- Census village code247604

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

## How far is Bankat from nearby towns?

- Agiaon (sub-district HQ)6 km by road
- Arrah (district HQ)22 km by road
- Arrah (nearest town)22 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 Bankat?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Bankat; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Pauna
- ○Degree college10+ km · Arrah
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Patna
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, covered wells and hand 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 Bankat known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 90% of the 234 hectares of village land is sown, and 90 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 Bankat

Of every 100 households in Bankat in 2011, 1 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bankat · ■ Agiaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**80%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****72%**

**73%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**93%

Use banking services ****34%**

**64%

Television ****9%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**8%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****34%**

**26%

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 Bankat?

■ Bankat · ■ Agiaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.7%**

**67.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****962**

**920

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1027**

**950

Working population ****41.4%**

**37.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.4% for men and 62.3% for women. 51% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 90 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 379 (68%) · **■** Other work 43 (8%) · **■** Marginal 45 (8%)

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 Agiaon

- Dhakni1,583 people
- Kharainacha1,544 people
- Laharpa1,453 people
- Muzaffarpur1,450 people
- Megharia1,278 people
- Gordiha1,218 people
- Kharaich1,212 people
- Muradpur1,195 people

[All 72 villages in Agiaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/bhojpur/agiaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Bankat from Arrah?22 km by road
- What is the population of Bankat?1,346 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bankat in?Bhojpur district (Agiaon sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Bankat?74.7% (Census 2011)