# Jiapokhar Village, Thakurganj, Kishanganj (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Thakurganj, Kishanganj 

# Jiapokhar

Jiapokhar is a village in Thakurganj sub-district of Kishanganj district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **953 people in 169 households**, the 70th largest of 119 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 49.8%.

- 953people (2011)
- 169households
- 49.0%literacy
- 1,036females per 1,000 males

## Jiapokhar PIN code and other codes

Jiapokhar falls in Thakurganj sub-district, Kishanganj district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBandarjhula
- Community development blockThakurganj
- Census village code222464

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

## How far is Jiapokhar from nearby towns?

- Thakurganj (sub-district HQ)30 km by road
- Kishanganj (district HQ)60 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 Jiapokhar?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Jiapokhar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Thakurganj
- ○Degree college10+ km · Thakurganj
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kishanganj
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ 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 Jiapokhar known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 47% of the 64 hectares of village land is sown, and 3 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 Jiapokhar

Of every 100 households in Jiapokhar in 2011, 3 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Jiapokhar · ■ Thakurganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**52%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****2%**

**16%

Television ****1%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**5%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****56%**

**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 Jiapokhar?

■ Jiapokhar · ■ Thakurganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.0%**

**49.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1036**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****859**

**977

Working population ****37.8%**

**34.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 53.2% for men and 45.3% for women. 46% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 41 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 172 (48%) · **■** Other work 18 (5%) · **■** Marginal 129 (36%)

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

- Bhagkharna1,154 people
- Hazarigachh1,135 people
- Chhatar Katharo1,129 people
- Barchaundi1,037 people
- Kharudah935 people
- Pabna903 people
- Kuri Muni889 people
- Karua Mari813 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Jiapokhar from Kishanganj?60 km by road
- What is the population of Jiapokhar?953 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jiapokhar in?Kishanganj district (Thakurganj sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Jiapokhar?49.0% (Census 2011)