Village · Wazirganj, Gaya
# Rengana

Rengana is a village in Wazirganj sub-district of Gaya district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted 2,019 people in 333 households, the 31st largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.2%.
- 2,019 people (2011)
- 333 households
- 67.6% literacy
- 880 females per 1,000 males

## Rengana PIN code and other codes

Rengana falls in Wazirganj sub-district, Gaya district, Bihar.
- Gram panchayat Kurkihar
- Community development block Wazirganj
- Census village code 256795

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Rengana from nearby towns?
- Wazirganj (sub-district HQ) 6 km by road
- Gaya (district HQ) 31 km by road
- Gaya (nearest town) 31 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Rengana?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Rengana; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Private bus service In village
- ● State highway In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Wazirganj
- ○ Degree college 5–10 km · Wazirganj
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Gaya
- ○ Primary health centre 10+ km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary under 5 km
- ○ Post office 5–10 km
- ○ Public bus service under 5 km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 5–10 km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop 5–10 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 5–10 km
- ○ Public library 5–10 km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps
- Electricity (2011) 5 h summer · 6 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Rengana known for?

The main crops are paddy. About 94% of the 170 hectares of village land is sown, and 123 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Rengana

Of every 100 households in Rengana in 2011, 0 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Rengana · ■ Wazirganj rural average
- Electricity for lighting 0% 5%
- Toilet within the home 18% 17%
- No toilet (open defecation) 82% 83%
- Tap water 0% 3%
- Drinking water within premises 47% 35%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 1% 3%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 96% 92%
- Use banking services 26% 40%
- Television 2% 8%
- Mobile phone 44% 50%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 2% 6%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 50% 36%
- Own their home 100% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Rengana?

■ Rengana · ■ Wazirganj rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 67.6% 62.2%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 880 952
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 820 961
- Working population 48.0% 38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.6% for men and 55.2% for women. 49% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 378 (39%) · ■ Farm labourers 410 (42%) · ■ Other work 45 (5%) · ■ Marginal 136 (14%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Wazirganj
- Madardih 2,156 people
- Kolhna 2,086 people
- Hansra 2,078 people
- Eru 2,056 people
- Shankar Bigha 1,946 people
- Khiriawan 1,920 people
- Pale 1,879 people
- Naudiha Kalan 1,857 people

All 147 villages in Wazirganj

## Quick answers
- How far is Rengana from Gaya? 31 km by road
- What is the population of Rengana? 2,019 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rengana in? Gaya district (Wazirganj sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Rengana? 67.6% (Census 2011)

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