# Chuar Village, Dumraon, Buxar (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Dumraon, Buxar 

# Chuar

Chuar is a village in Dumraon sub-district of Buxar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,522 people in 209 households**, the 31st largest of 73 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.7%.

- 1,522people (2011)
- 209households
- 80.7%literacy
- 865females per 1,000 males

## Chuar PIN code and other codes

Chuar falls in Dumraon sub-district, Buxar district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatKanjharua
- Community development blockDumraon
- Census village code248179

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

## How far is Chuar from nearby towns?

- Dumraon (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Buxar (district HQ)22 km by road
- Dumraon (nearest town)10 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 Chuar?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Chuar; 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
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Athaon
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Panrepatti
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Dumraon
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 6 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 Chuar known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 91% of the 174 hectares of village land is sown, and 108 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 Chuar

Of every 100 households in Chuar in 2011, 48 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 90 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chuar · ■ Dumraon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**77%

Tap water ****4%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****87%**

**68%

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

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**91%

Use banking services ****47%**

**57%

Television ****7%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****90%**

**62%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**8%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****9%**

**21%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Chuar?

■ Chuar · ■ Dumraon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.7%**

**67.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****865**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1059**

**949

Working population ****26.7%**

**33.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.7% for men and 72.2% for women. 48% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 102 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 56 (14%) · **■** Household industry 29 (7%) · **■** Other work 55 (14%) · **■** Marginal 165 (41%)

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 Dumraon

- Suraundha1,846 people
- Kachainiya1,601 people
- Rampur1,591 people
- Dakhinawan1,557 people
- Lahana1,409 people
- Piria1,348 people
- Sarora1,295 people
- Dubkhi1,247 people

[All 93 villages in Dumraon](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/buxar/dumraon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Chuar from Buxar?22 km by road
- What is the population of Chuar?1,522 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chuar in?Buxar district (Dumraon sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Chuar?80.7% (Census 2011)