# Gong Chak Village, Asthawan, Nalanda (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Asthawan, Nalanda 

# Gong Chak

Gong Chak is a village in Asthawan sub-district of Nalanda district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **500 people in 83 households**, the 53rd largest of 59 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 59.7%.

- 500people (2011)
- 83households
- 55.4%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Gong Chak PIN code and other codes

Gong Chak falls in Asthawan sub-district, Nalanda district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatNerut
- Community development blockAsthawan
- Census village code244516

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

## How far is Gong Chak from nearby towns?

- Asthawan (sub-district HQ)9 km by road
- Biharsharif (district HQ)25 km by road
- Biharsharif (nearest town)25 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 Gong Chak?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Gong Chak; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Nerut
- ○Degree college10+ km · Biharsharif
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Asthwan
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)2 h summer · 6 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 Gong Chak known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 86% of the 114 hectares of village land is sown, and 53 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 Gong Chak

Of every 100 households in Gong Chak in 2011, 94 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 8 a car.

■ Gong Chak · ■ Asthawan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**29%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**70%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**45%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**93%

Use banking services ****31%**

**46%

Television ****4%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****8%**

**2%

None of these assets ****50%**

**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 Gong Chak?

■ Gong Chak · ■ Asthawan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.4%**

**59.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1203**

**946

Working population ****23.2%**

**33.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.8% for men and 42.1% for women. 37% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 27 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 51 (44%) · **■** Other work 10 (9%) · **■** Marginal 28 (24%)

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 Asthawan

- Fatehpur939 people
- Piprapur902 people
- Mahanandpur658 people
- Khurampur645 people
- Gobindpur473 people
- Jethiar448 people
- Firozpur336 people
- Jagarnathpur326 people

[All 59 villages in Asthawan](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/nalanda/asthawan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Gong Chak from Biharsharif?25 km by road
- What is the population of Gong Chak?500 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gong Chak in?Nalanda district (Asthawan sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Gong Chak?55.4% (Census 2011)