# Dahigana Village, Dumraon, Buxar (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Dumraon, Buxar 

# Dahigana

Dahigana is a village in Dumraon sub-district of Buxar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **384 people in 66 households**, the 62nd largest of 73 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.7%.

- 384people (2011)
- 66households
- 70.7%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Dahigana PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatAthaon
- Community development blockDumraon
- Census village code248176

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

## How far is Dahigana from nearby towns?

- Dumraon (sub-district HQ)2 km by road
- Buxar (district HQ)29 km by road
- Dumraon (nearest town)2 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 Dahigana?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Dahigana; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Athaon
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Panrepatti
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Buxar
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes 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 Dahigana known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 93% of the 194 hectares of village land is sown, and 72 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 Dahigana

Of every 100 households in Dahigana in 2011, 18 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 88 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Dahigana · ■ Dumraon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**77%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****62%**

**68%

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

**7%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****90%**

**57%

Television ****19%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****88%**

**62%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**2%

None of these assets ****4%**

**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 Dahigana?

■ Dahigana · ■ Dumraon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.7%**

**67.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1100**

**949

Working population ****34.6%**

**33.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.2% for men and 56.8% for women. 55% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 58 (44%) · **■** Farm labourers 20 (15%) · **■** Other work 2 (2%) · **■** Marginal 53 (40%)

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

- Sikta446 people
- Pipri436 people
- Sirampur402 people
- Marsara390 people
- Misraulia243 people
- Mohammadpur222 people
- Tulshipur213 people
- Bharkhara176 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Dahigana from Buxar?29 km by road
- What is the population of Dahigana?384 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dahigana in?Buxar district (Dumraon sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Dahigana?70.7% (Census 2011)