# Pachetan Village, Asthawan, Nalanda (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Asthawan, Nalanda 

# Pachetan

Pachetan is a village in Asthawan sub-district of Nalanda district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,921 people in 322 households**, the 32nd largest of 59 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 59.7%.

- 1,921people (2011)
- 322households
- 69.7%literacy
- 936females per 1,000 males

## Pachetan PIN code and other codes

Pachetan falls in Asthawan sub-district, Nalanda district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatAndi
- Community development blockAsthawan
- Census village code244505

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

## How far is Pachetan from nearby towns?

- Asthawan (sub-district HQ)7 km by road
- Biharsharif (district HQ)14 km by road
- Biharsharif (nearest town)14 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 Pachetan?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Mohammadpur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Biharsharif
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Nawada
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)4 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 Pachetan known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 62% of the 248 hectares of village land is sown, and 124 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 Pachetan

Of every 100 households in Pachetan in 2011, 19 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Pachetan · ■ Asthawan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**13%

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

**29%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**70%

Tap water ****3%**

**4%

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

**45%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****33%**

**46%

Television ****9%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****40%**

**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 Pachetan?

■ Pachetan · ■ Asthawan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.7%**

**59.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1127**

**946

Working population ****23.6%**

**33.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.1% for men and 55.9% for women. 42% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 79 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 265 (58%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 16 (4%) · **■** Marginal 88 (19%)

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

- Lakhnu Bigha2,324 people
- Benar2,070 people
- Chistipur1,945 people
- Sherpur1,925 people
- Sadarpur1,866 people
- Bahadurpur1,822 people
- Pasaurha1,624 people
- Dhobi Bigha1,585 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Pachetan from Biharsharif?14 km by road
- What is the population of Pachetan?1,921 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pachetan in?Nalanda district (Asthawan sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Pachetan?69.7% (Census 2011)