# Amar Bigha Village, Belaganj, Gaya (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Belaganj, Gaya 

# Amar Bigha

Amar Bigha is a village in Belaganj sub-district of Gaya district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **436 people in 57 households**, the 103rd largest of 113 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.8%.

- 436people (2011)
- 57households
- 59.9%literacy
- 921females per 1,000 males

## Amar Bigha PIN code and other codes

Amar Bigha falls in Belaganj sub-district, Gaya district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatKhaneta
- Community development blockBelaganj
- Census village code254897

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

## How far is Amar Bigha from nearby towns?

- Belaganj (sub-district HQ)3 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 Amar Bigha?

4 services counted by the Census are inside Amar Bigha; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary school5–10 km · Balapur
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Gaya
- ○Degree college10+ km · Gaya
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gaya
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 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 Amar Bigha known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 88% of the 72 hectares of village land is sown, and 20 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 Amar Bigha

Of every 100 households in Amar Bigha in 2011, 0 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Amar Bigha · ■ Belaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**72%

Tap water ****4%**

**4%

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

**55%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**89%

Use banking services ****54%**

**49%

Television ****7%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**31%

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 Amar Bigha?

■ Amar Bigha · ■ Belaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.9%**

**63.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****921**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****962**

**952

Working population ****28.7%**

**35.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.5% for men and 37.3% for women. 52% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 5 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 93 (74%) · **■** Other work 20 (16%) · **■** Marginal 7 (6%)

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 Belaganj

- Bhagwanpur506 people
- Mahammadpur498 people
- Pem Bigha498 people
- Deva Bigha497 people
- Sonpur435 people
- Alam Bigha432 people
- Shahbazpur391 people
- Bahbalpur380 people

[All 118 villages in Belaganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/gaya/belaganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Amar Bigha from Gaya?22 km by road
- What is the population of Amar Bigha?436 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amar Bigha in?Gaya district (Belaganj sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Amar Bigha?59.9% (Census 2011)