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

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Village · Bodh Gaya, Gaya 

# Jahan Bigha

Jahan Bigha is a village in Bodh Gaya sub-district of Gaya district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **759 people in 114 households**, the 96th largest of 132 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.1%.

- 759people (2011)
- 114households
- 85.4%literacy
- 898females per 1,000 males

## Jahan Bigha PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatJahan Bigha
- Community development blockBodh Gaya
- Census village code256503

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

## How far is Jahan 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 Jahan Bigha?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Bodhgaya
- ○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) shop10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)5 h summer · 6 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 Jahan Bigha known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 85% of the 209 hectares of village land is sown, and 163 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 Jahan Bigha

Of every 100 households in Jahan Bigha in 2011, 98 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 98 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jahan Bigha · ■ Bodh Gaya rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**17%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****67%**

**41%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**94%

Use banking services ****9%**

**42%

Television ****6%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****98%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****1%**

**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 Jahan Bigha?

■ Jahan Bigha · ■ Bodh Gaya rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.4%**

**58.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****898**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****532**

**958

Working population ****11.5%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.8% for men and 76.7% for women. 19% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 9 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (13%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 44 (51%) · **■** Marginal 22 (25%)

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

- Tetuia772 people
- Jindapur769 people
- Mirchehar769 people
- Dadpur759 people
- Rasulganj753 people
- Paner748 people
- Sobha khap747 people
- Dulra727 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Jahan Bigha from Gaya?20 km by road
- What is the population of Jahan Bigha?759 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jahan Bigha in?Gaya district (Bodh Gaya sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Jahan Bigha?85.4% (Census 2011)