# Tikuna Village, Bodh Gaya, Gaya (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Bodh Gaya, Gaya 

# Tikuna

Tikuna is a village in Bodh Gaya sub-district of Gaya district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,758 people in 319 households**, the 43rd largest of 132 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.1%.

- 1,758people (2011)
- 319households
- 69.4%literacy
- 886females per 1,000 males

## Tikuna PIN code and other codes

Tikuna falls in Bodh Gaya sub-district, Gaya district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatTikuna
- Community development blockBodh Gaya
- Census village code256506

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

## How far is Tikuna 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 Tikuna?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Tikuna; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Khanranti
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Bodh Gaya
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Bodh Gaya
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gaya
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 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 Tikuna known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 95% of the 132 hectares of village land is sown, and 121 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 Tikuna

Of every 100 households in Tikuna in 2011, 78 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 26 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Tikuna · ■ Bodh Gaya rural average

Electricity for lighting ****78%**

**17%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**87%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****49%**

**41%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****26%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****73%**

**94%

Use banking services ****54%**

**42%

Television ****46%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****63%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**37%

Own their home ****76%**

**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 Tikuna?

■ Tikuna · ■ Bodh Gaya rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.4%**

**58.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****886**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****909**

**958

Working population ****27.8%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.6% for men and 56.7% for women. 41% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 76 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 163 (33%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 152 (31%) · **■** Marginal 93 (19%)

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

- Bagdaha1,888 people
- Kanhaul1,813 people
- Silaunja1,785 people
- Niman1,777 people
- Karman Dhab1,701 people
- Gapha Kalan1,675 people
- Narkatiya1,671 people
- Bhusia1,578 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Tikuna from Gaya?20 km by road
- What is the population of Tikuna?1,758 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tikuna in?Gaya district (Bodh Gaya sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Tikuna?69.4% (Census 2011)