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

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Village · Nawanagar, Buxar 

# Raika

Raika is a village in Nawanagar sub-district of Buxar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,541 people in 386 households**, the 19th largest of 95 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.6%.

- 2,541people (2011)
- 386households
- 72.2%literacy
- 1,015females per 1,000 males

## Raika PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatBelahri
- Community development blockNawanagar
- Census village code248838

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

## How far is Raika from nearby towns?

- Nawanagar (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Buxar (district HQ)30 km by road
- Domraon (nearest town)13 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 Raika?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Raika; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn 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 library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 7 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 Raika known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 96% of the 278 hectares of village land is sown, and 265 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 Raika

Of every 100 households in Raika in 2011, 10 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Raika · ■ Nawanagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**9%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

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

**75%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**3%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****78%**

**52%

Television ****10%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**8%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****14%**

**23%

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 Raika?

■ Raika · ■ Nawanagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.2%**

**66.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1015**

**951

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1129**

**941

Working population ****24.7%**

**29.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.4% for men and 62.9% for women. 44% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 269 (43%) · **■** Farm labourers 90 (14%) · **■** Other work 42 (7%) · **■** Marginal 227 (36%)

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

- Mariyan3,291 people
- Belahri2,891 people
- Parmanpur2,753 people
- Ranbirpur2,579 people
- Tetrahar2,120 people
- Babuganj English2,072 people
- Burhaila2,034 people
- Kharaicha1,999 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Raika from Buxar?30 km by road
- What is the population of Raika?2,541 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Raika in?Buxar district (Nawanagar sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Raika?72.2% (Census 2011)