# Dip Village, Lakhnaur, Madhubani (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Lakhnaur, Madhubani 

# Dip

Dip is a village in Lakhnaur sub-district of Madhubani district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **21,564 people in 4,559 households**, the 1st largest of 38 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.3%.

- 21,564people (2011)
- 4,559households
- 60.4%literacy
- 942females per 1,000 males

## Dip PIN code and other codes

Dip falls in Lakhnaur sub-district, Madhubani district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatDip
- Community development blockLakhnaur
- Census village code220812

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

## How far is Dip from nearby towns?

- Lakhnaur (sub-district HQ)5 km by road
- Madhubani (district HQ)42 km by road
- Jhanjharpur (nearest town)10 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 Dip?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Dip; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 10 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt · 2 private
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Lakanur
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Jhanjharpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Darbhanga
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 7 h winter

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 Dip known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 56% of the 1,271 hectares of village land is sown, and 420 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 Dip

Of every 100 households in Dip in 2011, 8 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dip · ■ Lakhnaur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**14%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**82%

Tap water ****2%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****37%**

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**91%

Use banking services ****44%**

**44%

Television ****6%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**54%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**30%

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 Dip?

■ Dip · ■ Lakhnaur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.4%**

**62.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****942**

**930

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****976**

**948

Working population ****39.3%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.9% for men and 48.2% for women. 49% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 1,916 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 2,559 (30%) · **■** Household industry 126 (1%) · **■** Other work 1,036 (12%) · **■** Marginal 2,839 (33%)

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 Lakhnaur

- Behat19,306 people
- Lakhnaur16,774 people
- Belauncha10,636 people
- Kachhwi8,930 people

[All 44 villages in Lakhnaur](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/madhubani/lakhnaur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Dip from Madhubani?42 km by road
- What is the population of Dip?21,564 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dip in?Madhubani district (Lakhnaur sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Dip?60.4% (Census 2011)