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

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Village · Dumraon, Buxar 

# Nikhura

Nikhura is a village in Dumraon sub-district of Buxar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **528 people in 81 households**, the 55th largest of 73 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.7%.

- 528people (2011)
- 81households
- 71.6%literacy
- 872females per 1,000 males

## Nikhura PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatKashia
- Community development blockDumraon
- Census village code248146

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

## How far is Nikhura from nearby towns?

- Dumraon (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Buxar (district HQ)28 km by road
- Dumraon (nearest town)3 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 Nikhura?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Nikhura; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Katkinar
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Hakimpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Buxar
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)4 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 Nikhura known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 84% of the 43 hectares of village land is sown, and 34 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 Nikhura

Of every 100 households in Nikhura in 2011, 60 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Nikhura · ■ Dumraon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**77%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**68%

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

**7%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****32%**

**57%

Television ****25%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**62%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**8%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****0%**

**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 Nikhura?

■ Nikhura · ■ Dumraon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.6%**

**67.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****872**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****641**

**949

Working population ****28.8%**

**33.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.5% for men and 59.0% for women. 41% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 11 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (4%) · **■** Other work 102 (67%) · **■** Marginal 33 (22%)

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

- Mungasi562 people
- Misraulia557 people
- Chanda547 people
- Harni Chatti529 people
- Kudria505 people
- Khairahi477 people
- Sikta446 people
- Pipri436 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Nikhura from Buxar?28 km by road
- What is the population of Nikhura?528 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nikhura in?Buxar district (Dumraon sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Nikhura?71.6% (Census 2011)