# Gapha Kalan Village, Bodh Gaya, Gaya (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Bodh Gaya, Gaya 

# Gapha Kalan

Gapha Kalan is a village in Bodh Gaya sub-district of Gaya district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,675 people in 302 households**, the 45th largest of 132 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 40.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.1%.

- 1,675people (2011)
- 302households
- 40.4%literacy
- 1,006females per 1,000 males

## Gapha Kalan PIN code and other codes

Gapha Kalan falls in Bodh Gaya sub-district, Gaya district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatGapha Kalan
- Community development blockBodh Gaya
- Census village code256616

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

## How far is Gapha Kalan from nearby towns?

- Bodh Gaya (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Gaya (district HQ)30 km by road
- Bodh Gaya (nearest town)15 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 Gapha Kalan?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Gapha Kalan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Gaya
- ○Degree college10+ km · Gaya
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gaya
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes

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 Gapha Kalan known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 89% of the 166 hectares of village land is sown, and 140 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 Gapha Kalan

Of every 100 households in Gapha Kalan in 2011, 1 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gapha Kalan · ■ Bodh Gaya rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**17%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**87%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**41%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**94%

Use banking services ****22%**

**42%

Television ****1%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****63%**

**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 Gapha Kalan?

■ Gapha Kalan · ■ Bodh Gaya rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****40.4%**

**58.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1006**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1034**

**958

Working population ****37.0%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 50.1% for men and 30.6% for women. 49% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 132 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 93 (15%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 49 (8%) · **■** Marginal 344 (56%)

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

- Silaunja1,785 people
- Niman1,777 people
- Tikuna1,758 people
- Karman Dhab1,701 people
- Narkatiya1,671 people
- Bhusia1,578 people
- Shivrajpur1,555 people
- Kolhaura1,510 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Gapha Kalan from Gaya?30 km by road
- What is the population of Gapha Kalan?1,675 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gapha Kalan in?Gaya district (Bodh Gaya sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Gapha Kalan?40.4% (Census 2011)