# Bandar Jhula Village, Thakurganj, Kishanganj (Bihar)

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Village · Thakurganj, Kishanganj 

# Bandar Jhula

Bandar Jhula is a village in Thakurganj sub-district of Kishanganj district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **442 people in 91 households**, the 92nd largest of 119 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 17.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 49.8%.

- 442people (2011)
- 91households
- 17.7%literacy
- 964females per 1,000 males

## Bandar Jhula PIN code and other codes

Bandar Jhula falls in Thakurganj sub-district, Kishanganj district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBandarjhula
- Community development blockThakurganj
- Census village code222471

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

## How far is Bandar Jhula from nearby towns?

- Thakurganj (sub-district HQ)30 km by road
- Kishanganj (district HQ)58 km by road
- Thakurganj (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 Bandar Jhula?

4 services counted by the Census are inside Bandar Jhula; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Basti
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Thakurganj
- ○Degree college10+ km · Thakurganj
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kishanganj
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes

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 Bandar Jhula known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 64% of the 31 hectares of village land is sown, and 6 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 Bandar Jhula

Of every 100 households in Bandar Jhula in 2011, 0 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bandar Jhula · ■ Thakurganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**13%

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

**7%

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

**92%

Tap water ****2%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****62%**

**52%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**97%

Use banking services ****0%**

**16%

Television ****3%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****4%**

**34%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Bandar Jhula?

■ Bandar Jhula · ■ Thakurganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****17.7%**

**49.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****964**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****740**

**977

Working population ****27.4%**

**34.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 22.9% for men and 12.8% for women. 45% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 24 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 95 (79%) · **■** Other work 1 (1%) · **■** Marginal 1 (1%)

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 Thakurganj

- Sukhani562 people
- Bandar Jhula485 people
- Modati447 people
- Khudra444 people
- Balka Dobha423 people
- Hulhuli Milik Arazi421 people
- Patbhari414 people
- Barah Pathia399 people

[All 133 villages in Thakurganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/kishanganj/thakurganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Bandar Jhula from Kishanganj?58 km by road
- What is the population of Bandar Jhula?442 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bandar Jhula in?Kishanganj district (Thakurganj sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Bandar Jhula?17.7% (Census 2011)