# Jhiktahi Village, Aurai, Muzaffarpur (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Aurai, Muzaffarpur 

# Jhiktahi

Jhiktahi is a village in Aurai sub-district of Muzaffarpur district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **3,144 people in 688 households**, the 28th largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 47.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 52.4%.

- 3,144people (2011)
- 688households
- 47.6%literacy
- 876females per 1,000 males

## Jhiktahi PIN code and other codes

Jhiktahi falls in Aurai sub-district, Muzaffarpur district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatAmnour
- Community development blockAurai
- Census village code229021

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

## How far is Jhiktahi from nearby towns?

- Aurai (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Muzaffarpur (district HQ)35 km by road
- Muzaffurpur (nearest town)35 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 Jhiktahi?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Muzaffurpur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Muzaffurpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Muzaffarpur
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)3 h summer · 4 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 Jhiktahi known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 96% of the 92 hectares of village land is sown, and 30 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 Jhiktahi

Of every 100 households in Jhiktahi in 2011, 1 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Jhiktahi · ■ Aurai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**4%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**81%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**37%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****36%**

**36%

Television ****3%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

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

**1%

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

**28%

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 Jhiktahi?

■ Jhiktahi · ■ Aurai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****47.6%**

**52.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****876**

**887

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1112**

**918

Working population ****25.2%**

**32.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.0% for men and 37.5% for women. 40% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 59 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 78 (10%) · **■** Household industry 11 (1%) · **■** Other work 138 (17%) · **■** Marginal 505 (64%)

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 Aurai

- Sisauli3,722 people
- Alampur Simri3,634 people
- Amnaur3,454 people
- Dih Jiwar3,263 people
- Mathna urf Basua3,113 people
- Saghari3,026 people
- Bishunath urf Bishunpur Gokhul2,978 people
- Kalyanpur2,942 people

[All 116 villages in Aurai](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/muzaffarpur/aurai/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Jhiktahi from Muzaffarpur?35 km by road
- What is the population of Jhiktahi?3,144 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jhiktahi in?Muzaffarpur district (Aurai sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Jhiktahi?47.6% (Census 2011)