# Tangraha Village, Madhepur, Madhubani (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Madhepur, Madhubani 

# Tangraha

Tangraha is a village in Madhepur sub-district of Madhubani district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **4,600 people in 909 households**, the 22nd largest of 83 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 55.5%.

- 4,600people (2011)
- 909households
- 48.6%literacy
- 900females per 1,000 males

## Tangraha PIN code and other codes

Tangraha falls in Madhepur sub-district, Madhubani district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatTangraha
- Community development blockMadhepur
- Census village code220897

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

## How far is Tangraha from nearby towns?

- Madhepur (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Madhubani (district HQ)50 km by road
- Jhanjharpur (nearest town)34 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 Tangraha?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Tangraha; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Bhit
- ○Degree college10+ km · Madhepur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Ghoghardih
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 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 Tangraha known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 69% of the 479 hectares of village land is sown, and 191 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 Tangraha

Of every 100 households in Tangraha in 2011, 0 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Tangraha · ■ Madhepur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**4%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**47%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**95%

Use banking services ****46%**

**36%

Television ****5%**

**4%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**34%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Tangraha?

■ Tangraha · ■ Madhepur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****48.6%**

**55.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****900**

**921

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1002**

**946

Working population ****40.6%**

**36.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.8% for men and 34.7% for women. 48% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 482 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 351 (19%) · **■** Household industry 62 (3%) · **■** Other work 214 (11%) · **■** Marginal 757 (41%)

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 Madhepur

- Matras5,510 people
- Parwalpur5,442 people
- Karhara5,275 people
- Basipatti5,158 people
- Bhakrain4,515 people
- Az Rakbe Sidhi Tajpur4,390 people
- Khajuri4,028 people
- Barsham3,687 people

[All 86 villages in Madhepur](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/madhubani/madhepur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Tangraha from Madhubani?50 km by road
- What is the population of Tangraha?4,600 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tangraha in?Madhubani district (Madhepur sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Tangraha?48.6% (Census 2011)