Village · Chakai, Jamui
# Tola Nawadih

Tola Nawadih is a village in Chakai sub-district of Jamui district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted 1,036 people in 188 households, the 47th largest of 532 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.1%.
- 1,036 people (2011)
- 188 households
- 71.7% literacy
- 863 females per 1,000 males

## Tola Nawadih PIN code and other codes

Tola Nawadih falls in Chakai sub-district, Jamui district, Bihar.
- Gram panchayat Pocha
- Community development block Chakai
- Census village code 259492

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

## How far is Tola Nawadih from nearby towns?
- Chakai (sub-district HQ) 3 km by road
- Jamui (district HQ) 80 km by road
- Jhajha (nearest town) 26 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Tola Nawadih?

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

### In the village
- ● Pre-primary school In village · 1 private
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● State highway In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Mandi / regular market In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Polling station In village

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

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes

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

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Tola Nawadih known for?

About 31% of the 130 hectares of village land is sown.

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

## Homes and amenities in Tola Nawadih

Of every 100 households in Tola Nawadih in 2011, 0 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Tola Nawadih · ■ Chakai rural average
- Electricity for lighting 0% 1%
- Toilet within the home 19% 4%
- No toilet (open defecation) 81% 95%
- Tap water 6% 2%
- Drinking water within premises 6% 8%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 9% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 88% 94%
- Use banking services 52% 28%
- Television 14% 2%
- Mobile phone 47% 42%
- Computer with internet 1% 1%
- Two-wheeler 11% 6%
- Car / jeep / van 3% 1%
- None of these assets 30% 29%
- Own their home 89% 99%

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

## What is the population of Tola Nawadih?

■ Tola Nawadih · ■ Chakai rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 71.7% 57.1%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 863 915
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 940 964
- Working population 40.6% 45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.0% for men and 58.5% for women. 48% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 61 (14%) · ■ Farm labourers 20 (5%) · ■ Other work 71 (17%) · ■ Marginal 269 (64%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Chakai
- Tola Gadipiarpher 1,065 people
- Tola Bone 1,049 people
- Tola Baratanr 1,039 people
- Tola Phariatadih 1,037 people
- Tola Garhi 1,025 people
- Tola Rahima 1,015 people
- Tola Gangaraidih 1,012 people
- Tola Pataua 1,012 people

All 600 villages in Chakai

## Quick answers
- How far is Tola Nawadih from Jamui? 80 km by road
- What is the population of Tola Nawadih? 1,036 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tola Nawadih in? Jamui district (Chakai sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Tola Nawadih? 71.7% (Census 2011)

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