# Gauraia Village, Kurhani, Muzaffarpur (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Kurhani, Muzaffarpur 

# Gauraia

Gauraia is a village in Kurhani sub-district of Muzaffarpur district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **5,915 people in 1,062 households**, the 17th largest of 165 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 5,915people (2011)
- 1,062households
- 66.0%literacy
- 889females per 1,000 males

## Gauraia PIN code and other codes

Gauraia falls in Kurhani sub-district, Muzaffarpur district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatGoraiya Dubiyahi
- Community development blockKurhani
- Census village code229459

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

## How far is Gauraia from nearby towns?

- Kurhani (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Muzaffarpur (district HQ)23 km by road
- Muzaffarpur (nearest town)23 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 Gauraia?

16 services counted by the Census are inside Gauraia; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Muzaffarpur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Muzaffarpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Muzaffarpur
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)4 h summer · 5 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 Gauraia known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 57% of the 346 hectares of village land is sown, and 130 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 Gauraia

Of every 100 households in Gauraia in 2011, 9 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gauraia · ■ Kurhani rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**17%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**74%

Tap water ****6%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****71%**

**49%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**6%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****56%**

**48%

Television ****18%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****63%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**10%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****17%**

**19%

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 Gauraia?

■ Gauraia · ■ Kurhani rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.0%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****889**

**891

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****885**

**896

Working population ****30.9%**

**32.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.7% for men and 57.3% for women. 46% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 81 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 404 (22%) · **■** Household industry 24 (1%) · **■** Other work 290 (16%) · **■** Marginal 1,031 (56%)

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 Kurhani

- Amrakh6,514 people
- Chhitrauli6,231 people
- Kishunpur Madhuban6,221 people
- Chandrahati5,944 people
- Sonbarsa Shah5,768 people
- Tarsan Kishuni5,653 people
- Kafain Daria Chhapra5,033 people
- Shahpur Mircha4,984 people

[All 166 villages in Kurhani](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/muzaffarpur/kurhani/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Gauraia from Muzaffarpur?23 km by road
- What is the population of Gauraia?5,915 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gauraia in?Muzaffarpur district (Kurhani sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Gauraia?66.0% (Census 2011)