# Garura Village, Azamnagar, Katihar (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Azamnagar, Katihar 

# Garura

Garura is a village in Azamnagar sub-district of Katihar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **566 people in 130 households**, the 146th largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 47.6%.

- 566people (2011)
- 130households
- 52.0%literacy
- 972females per 1,000 males

## Garura PIN code and other codes

Garura falls in Azamnagar sub-district, Katihar district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBairia
- Community development blockAzamnagar
- Census village code225228

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

## How far is Garura from nearby towns?

- Azamnagar (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Katihar (district HQ)30 km by road
- Katihar (nearest town)30 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 Garura?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Bastaul
- ○Degree college10+ km · Katihar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Jahangirpur
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes 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 Garura known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 47% of the 93 hectares of village land is sown, and 14 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 Garura

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

■ Garura · ■ Azamnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**85%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**46%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****5%**

**22%

Television ****1%**

**3%

Mobile phone ****2%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****48%**

**33%

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 Garura?

■ Garura · ■ Azamnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.0%**

**47.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****972**

**920

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1255**

**964

Working population ****32.0%**

**32.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.9% for men and 43.3% for women. 51% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 12 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 158 (87%) · **■** Other work 6 (3%) · **■** Marginal 5 (3%)

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 Azamnagar

- Bishunpur617 people
- Shamsherpur612 people
- Budhelmani608 people
- Pasol567 people
- Murtazapur557 people
- Bathna555 people
- Koia547 people
- Pipla547 people

[All 234 villages in Azamnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/katihar/azamnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Garura from Katihar?30 km by road
- What is the population of Garura?566 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Garura in?Katihar district (Azamnagar sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Garura?52.0% (Census 2011)