Village · Chakai, Jamui
# Tola Nawada

Tola Nawada is a village in Chakai sub-district of Jamui district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted 1,305 people in 247 households, the 28th largest of 532 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.1%.
- 1,305 people (2011)
- 247 households
- 54.0% literacy
- 1,014 females per 1,000 males

## Tola Nawada PIN code and other codes

Tola Nawada falls in Chakai sub-district, Jamui district, Bihar.
- Gram panchayat Chandarmandih
- Community development block Chakai
- Census village code 259859

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

## How far is Tola Nawada from nearby towns?
- Chakai (sub-district HQ) 10 km by road
- Jamui (district HQ) 70 km by road
- Deoghar (nearest town) 30 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Tola Nawada?

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

### In the village
- ● National highway In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Cooperative bank In village
- ● Agricultural credit society In village
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Community centre In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Primary school 5–10 km · Nawada
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Chakai
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Deoghar
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Bhagalpur
- ○ Primary health centre 10+ km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Public bus service 10+ km
- ○ Railway station 5–10 km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 5–10 km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps and tanks / ponds

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

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Tola Nawada known for?

The main crops are paddy. About 31% of the 228 hectares of village land is sown, and 20 hectares are irrigated.

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

## Homes and amenities in Tola Nawada

Of every 100 households in Tola Nawada in 2011, 0 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Tola Nawada · ■ Chakai rural average
- Electricity for lighting 0% 1%
- Toilet within the home 3% 4%
- No toilet (open defecation) 97% 95%
- Tap water 3% 2%
- Drinking water within premises 2% 8%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 97% 94%
- Use banking services 40% 28%
- Television 0% 2%
- Mobile phone 68% 42%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 2% 6%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 1%
- None of these assets 10% 29%
- Own their home 100% 99%

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

## What is the population of Tola Nawada?

■ Tola Nawada · ■ Chakai rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 54.0% 57.1%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1014 915
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 942 964
- Working population 48.4% 45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.4% for men and 38.1% for women. 53% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 64 (10%) · ■ Farm labourers 344 (54%) · ■ Other work 5 (1%) · ■ Marginal 219 (35%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Chakai
- Tola Urwa 1,378 people
- Tola Bandha 1,375 people
- Tola Kaleyanpur 1,362 people
- Tola Paranchi 1,339 people
- Tola Korane 1,296 people
- Tola Rajkarangarh 1,283 people
- Tola Nawadih 1,263 people
- Tola Petarpahri 1,241 people

All 600 villages in Chakai

## Quick answers
- How far is Tola Nawada from Jamui? 70 km by road
- What is the population of Tola Nawada? 1,305 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tola Nawada in? Jamui district (Chakai sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Tola Nawada? 54.0% (Census 2011)

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