# Gangta Village, Lakhisarai, Lakhisarai (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Lakhisarai, Lakhisarai 

# Gangta

Gangta is a village in Lakhisarai sub-district of Lakhisarai district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **912 people in 158 households**, the 40th largest of 51 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 56.9%.

- 912people (2011)
- 158households
- 49.8%literacy
- 936females per 1,000 males

## Gangta PIN code and other codes

Gangta falls in Lakhisarai sub-district, Lakhisarai district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatAmhara
- Community development blockLakhisarai
- Census village code243623

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

## How far is Gangta from nearby towns?

- Lakhisarai (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Lakhisarai (district HQ)12 km by road
- Lakhisarai (nearest town)12 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 Gangta?

2 services counted by the Census are inside Gangta; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Bamangawa
- ○Degree college10+ km · Lakhisarai
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Lakhisarai
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds

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 Gangta known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 100% of the 199 hectares of village land is sown, and 187 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 Gangta

Of every 100 households in Gangta in 2011, 0 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gangta · ■ Lakhisarai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**18%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**71%

Tap water ****9%**

**4%

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

**48%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**92%

Use banking services ****54%**

**45%

Television ****8%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**55%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**35%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Gangta?

■ Gangta · ■ Lakhisarai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.8%**

**56.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**920

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****828**

**920

Working population ****47.4%**

**31.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.2% for men and 39.1% for women. 50% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 90 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 250 (58%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 4 (1%) · **■** Marginal 87 (20%)

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 Lakhisarai

- Panghara1,186 people
- Dariapur1,055 people
- Pachauta1,040 people
- Makhdumpur999 people
- Khirho871 people
- Nirpur845 people
- Jhakhar792 people
- Samandih684 people

[All 67 villages in Lakhisarai](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/lakhisarai/lakhisarai/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Gangta from Lakhisarai?12 km by road
- What is the population of Gangta?912 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gangta in?Lakhisarai district (Lakhisarai sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Gangta?49.8% (Census 2011)