# Banchar Village, Atri, Gaya (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Atri, Gaya 

# Banchar

Banchar is a village in Atri sub-district of Gaya district, Bihar, PIN code **823311**. The 2011 Census counted **278 people in 31 households**, the 50th largest of 54 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.5%.

- 278people (2011)
- 31households
- 56.4%literacy
- 823311PIN code

## Banchar PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Banchar is 823311.** Banchar falls in Atri sub-district, Gaya district, Bihar.

- PIN code823311
- Gram panchayatNarawat
- Community development blockAtri
- Census village code255195

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

## How far is Banchar from nearby towns?

- Atri (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Gaya (district HQ)22 km by road
- Gaya (nearest town)22 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 Banchar?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary school5–10 km · Gangati
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Tetua
- ○Degree college10+ km · Gaya
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gaya
- ○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 library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps

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 Banchar known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 100% of the 61 hectares of village land is sown, and 57 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 Banchar

Of every 100 households in Banchar in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Banchar · ■ Atri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**34%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**97%

Use banking services ****55%**

**42%

Television ****3%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**54%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****19%**

**30%

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 Banchar?

■ Banchar · ■ Atri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.4%**

**60.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1014**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1038**

**971

Working population ****50.0%**

**44.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.9% for men and 37.2% for women. 48% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 104 (75%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (6%) · **■** Other work 4 (3%) · **■** Marginal 22 (16%)

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 Atri

- Habibullahpur366 people
- Birnoi349 people
- Kataiya323 people
- Nauranga287 people
- Barbana245 people
- Parsa223 people
- Banwan Goshain Math204 people
- Ramdana189 people

[All 61 villages in Atri](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/gaya/atri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Banchar?823311
- How far is Banchar from Gaya?22 km by road
- What is the population of Banchar?278 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Banchar in?Gaya district (Atri sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Banchar?56.4% (Census 2011)