# Chakaura Village, Nawanagar, Buxar (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Nawanagar, Buxar 

# Chakaura

Chakaura is a village in Nawanagar sub-district of Buxar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,294 people in 141 households**, the 36th largest of 95 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.6%.

- 1,294people (2011)
- 141households
- 78.0%literacy
- 909females per 1,000 males

## Chakaura PIN code and other codes

Chakaura falls in Nawanagar sub-district, Buxar district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatAthar
- Community development blockNawanagar
- Census village code248834

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

## How far is Chakaura from nearby towns?

- Nawanagar (sub-district HQ)11 km by road
- Buxar (district HQ)30 km by road
- Domraon (nearest town)16 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 Chakaura?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Chakaura; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

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

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Barhauna
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sonbarisa
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Buxar
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 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 watercovered wells, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)3 h summer · 4 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 Chakaura known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 98% of the 137 hectares of village land is sown, and 94 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 Chakaura

Of every 100 households in Chakaura in 2011, 15 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 11 a car.

■ Chakaura · ■ Nawanagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**9%

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

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**83%

Tap water ****9%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****57%**

**75%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**95%

Use banking services ****70%**

**52%

Television ****22%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****6%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****11%**

**2%

None of these assets ****13%**

**23%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Chakaura?

■ Chakaura · ■ Nawanagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.0%**

**66.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****909**

**951

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****816**

**941

Working population ****28.7%**

**29.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.2% for men and 64.8% for women. 48% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 148 (40%) · **■** Farm labourers 160 (43%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 26 (7%) · **■** Marginal 35 (9%)

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 Nawanagar

- Maudiha1,419 people
- Sara1,368 people
- Paniari1,340 people
- Dafar Dehri1,323 people
- Haroj1,258 people
- Itaudha1,248 people
- Bhelwaniya1,227 people
- Pawanrpur1,206 people

[All 107 villages in Nawanagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/buxar/nawanagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Chakaura from Buxar?30 km by road
- What is the population of Chakaura?1,294 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chakaura in?Buxar district (Nawanagar sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Chakaura?78.0% (Census 2011)