Village · Banke Bazar, Gaya
# Khajuriya

Khajuriya is a village in Banke Bazar sub-district of Gaya district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted 1,145 people in 190 households, the 48th largest of 96 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 60.9%.
- 1,145 people (2011)
- 190 households
- 59.3% literacy
- 1,016 females per 1,000 males

## Khajuriya PIN code and other codes

Khajuriya falls in Banke Bazar sub-district, Gaya district, Bihar.
- Gram panchayat Tilaiya
- Community development block Banke Bazar
- Census village code 255865

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Khajuriya from nearby towns?
- Banke Bazar (sub-district HQ) 14 km by road
- Gaya (district HQ) 65 km by road
- Sherghati (nearest town) 23 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Khajuriya?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Khajuriya; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Middle school In village · 1 govt
- ● Secondary school In village · 1 govt
- ● State highway In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● Agricultural credit society In village
- ● Mandi / regular market In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Banke Bazar
- ○ Degree college 5–10 km · Sherghati
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Gaya
- ○ Primary health centre 10+ km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 5–10 km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Public bus service 5–10 km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop 5–10 km
- ○ Public library 5–10 km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Khajuriya known for?

The main crops are paddy. About 90% of the 126 hectares of village land is sown, and 86 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Khajuriya

Of every 100 households in Khajuriya in 2011, 0 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Khajuriya · ■ Banke Bazar rural average
- Electricity for lighting 0% 3%
- Toilet within the home 22% 18%
- No toilet (open defecation) 78% 82%
- Tap water 0% 2%
- Drinking water within premises 39% 45%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 98%
- Use banking services 32% 40%
- Television 2% 6%
- Mobile phone 42% 47%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 6% 5%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 1%
- None of these assets 39% 37%
- Own their home 100% 99%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Khajuriya?

■ Khajuriya · ■ Banke Bazar rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 59.3% 60.9%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1016 941
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1043 985
- Working population 20.9% 35.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.8% for men and 49.8% for women. 40% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 34 (14%) · ■ Farm labourers 196 (82%) · ■ Other work 2 (1%) · ■ Marginal 7 (3%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Banke Bazar
- Koiri Bigha 1,218 people
- Lemuia 1,203 people
- Harankel 1,180 people
- Balaset 1,171 people
- Bishunpur 1,129 people
- Tarwan 1,128 people
- Fatehpur 1,090 people
- Delaho 1,057 people

All 99 villages in Banke Bazar

## Quick answers
- How far is Khajuriya from Gaya? 65 km by road
- What is the population of Khajuriya? 1,145 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khajuriya in? Gaya district (Banke Bazar sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Khajuriya? 59.3% (Census 2011)

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