# Danwan Village, Jagdishpur, Bhojpur (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Jagdishpur, Bhojpur 

# Danwan

Danwan is a village in Jagdishpur sub-district of Bhojpur district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **14,523 people in 2,481 households**, the 1st largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 67.7%.

- 14,523people (2011)
- 2,481households
- 60.6%literacy
- 895females per 1,000 males

## Danwan PIN code and other codes

Danwan falls in Jagdishpur sub-district, Bhojpur district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatDawan
- Community development blockJagdishpur
- Census village code247241

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

## How far is Danwan from nearby towns?

- Jagdishpur (sub-district HQ)7 km by road
- Arrah (district HQ)24 km by road
- Jagdishpur (nearest town)7 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 Danwan?

25 services counted by the Census are inside Danwan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 6 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 4 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 2 govt · 1 private
- ●ITI / vocational schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●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
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Jagdishpur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Arrah
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)3 h summer · 5 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 Danwan known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 64% of the 2,050 hectares of village land is sown, and 871 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 Danwan

Of every 100 households in Danwan in 2011, 6 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Danwan · ■ Jagdishpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**5%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**83%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****70%**

**73%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****56%**

**63%

Television ****5%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**8%

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

**1%

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

**23%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Danwan?

■ Danwan · ■ Jagdishpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.6%**

**67.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****895**

**910

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****922**

**908

Working population ****31.0%**

**34.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.6% for men and 48.2% for women. 46% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 448 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,067 (24%) · **■** Household industry 214 (5%) · **■** Other work 510 (11%) · **■** Marginal 2,256 (50%)

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 Jagdishpur

- Aer13,305 people
- Chakwa12,814 people
- Kaunra10,466 people
- Babhniyawan9,945 people

[All 91 villages in Jagdishpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/bhojpur/jagdishpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Danwan from Arrah?24 km by road
- What is the population of Danwan?14,523 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Danwan in?Bhojpur district (Jagdishpur sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Danwan?60.6% (Census 2011)
