# Khonta Village, Alauli, Khagaria (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Alauli, Khagaria 

# Khonta

Khonta is a village in Alauli sub-district of Khagaria district, Bihar, PIN code **840203**. The 2011 Census counted **1,180 people in 252 households**, the 43rd largest of 44 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 34.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 47.3%.

- 1,180people (2011)
- 252households
- 34.6%literacy
- 840203PIN code

## Khonta PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Khonta is 840203.** Khonta falls in Alauli sub-district, Khagaria district, Bihar.

- PIN code840203
- Gram panchayatSaharbanni
- Community development blockAlauli
- Census village code238554

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

## How far is Khonta from nearby towns?

- Alauli (sub-district HQ)5 km by road
- Khagaria (district HQ)31 km by road
- Khagaria (nearest town)31 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 Khonta?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Khonta; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 4 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Khagaria
- ○Degree college10+ km · Khagaria
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Khagaria
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 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 Khonta known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 87% of the 52 hectares of village land is sown, and 37 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 Khonta

Of every 100 households in Khonta in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Khonta · ■ Alauli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**90%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**28%

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

**1%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****5%**

**20%

Television ****0%**

**2%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**0%

None of these assets ****35%**

**48%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Khonta?

■ Khonta · ■ Alauli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****34.6%**

**47.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**907

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1038**

**918

Working population ****27.2%**

**34.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 47.6% for men and 20.2% for women. 44% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 21 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 119 (37%) · **■** Other work 2 (1%) · **■** Marginal 179 (56%)

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 Alauli

- Santokh Bishunpur1,797 people
- Ahuna1,596 people
- Asurar1,536 people
- Imli1,452 people
- Ahunasiswa976 people

[All 45 villages in Alauli](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/khagaria/alauli/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Khonta?840203
- How far is Khonta from Khagaria?31 km by road
- What is the population of Khonta?1,180 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khonta in?Khagaria district (Alauli sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Khonta?34.6% (Census 2011)