# Jhawai Chak Village, Sherghati, Gaya (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Sherghati, Gaya 

# Jhawai Chak

Jhawai Chak is a village in Sherghati sub-district of Gaya district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **394 people in 78 households**, the 69th largest of 82 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 59.9%.

- 394people (2011)
- 78households
- 48.9%literacy
- 1,031females per 1,000 males

## Jhawai Chak PIN code and other codes

Jhawai Chak falls in Sherghati sub-district, Gaya district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatKachauri
- Community development blockSherghati
- Census village code256330

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

## How far is Jhawai Chak from nearby towns?

- Sherghati (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Gaya (district HQ)55 km by road
- Sherghati (nearest town)10 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 Jhawai Chak?

2 services counted by the Census are inside Jhawai Chak; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary school5–10 km · Rampur
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Sherghati
- ○Degree college10+ km · Gaya
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gaya
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and canal / river

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 Jhawai Chak known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 24% of the 42 hectares of village land is sown, and 9 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 Jhawai Chak

Of every 100 households in Jhawai Chak in 2011, 0 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jhawai Chak · ■ Sherghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**8%

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

**18%

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

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**44%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****36%**

**42%

Television ****0%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****66%**

**35%

Own their home ****73%**

**99%

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 Jhawai Chak?

■ Jhawai Chak · ■ Sherghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****48.9%**

**59.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1031**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1250**

**997

Working population ****50.3%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.8% for men and 36.8% for women. 51% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Cultivators 75 (38%) · **■** Marginal 123 (62%)

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 Sherghati

- Palhat Khurd486 people
- Korahra419 people
- Phitki Chak419 people
- Ghaghri414 people
- Lohara387 people
- Palhat Kalan376 people
- Bhikhanpur347 people
- Pacharhi340 people

[All 86 villages in Sherghati](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/gaya/sherghati/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Jhawai Chak from Gaya?55 km by road
- What is the population of Jhawai Chak?394 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jhawai Chak in?Gaya district (Sherghati sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Jhawai Chak?48.9% (Census 2011)