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

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Village · Bodh Gaya, Gaya 

# Amar Bigha

Amar Bigha is a village in Bodh Gaya sub-district of Gaya district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **807 people in 115 households**, the 90th largest of 132 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.1%.

- 807people (2011)
- 115households
- 51.4%literacy
- 993females per 1,000 males

## Amar Bigha PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatAmar Bigha
- Community development blockBodh Gaya
- Census village code256502

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?

- Bodh Gaya (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Gaya (district HQ)20 km by road
- Bodh Gaya (nearest town)3 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?

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

### In the village

- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary school5–10 km · Cheghawa
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Bagdaha
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bodh Gaya
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gaya
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ 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 and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)4 h summer · 5 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 Amar Bigha known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 78% of the 85 hectares of village land is sown, and 53 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, 8 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Amar Bigha · ■ Bodh Gaya rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**17%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****42%**

**41%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****70%**

**42%

Television ****14%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**37%

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 · ■ Bodh Gaya rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****51.4%**

**58.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****993**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****981**

**958

Working population ****46.6%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.2% for men and 36.6% for women. 46% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 4 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 9 (2%) · **■** Marginal 359 (95%)

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 Bodh Gaya

- Sirisani chak847 people
- Bajraha815 people
- Barawan810 people
- Bhalua809 people
- Mahurar783 people
- Tetuia772 people
- Jindapur769 people
- Mirchehar769 people

[All 139 villages in Bodh Gaya](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/gaya/bodh-gaya/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Amar Bigha from Gaya?20 km by road
- What is the population of Amar Bigha?807 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amar Bigha in?Gaya district (Bodh Gaya sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Amar Bigha?51.4% (Census 2011)