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

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Village · Asthawan, Nalanda 

# Rajawan

Rajawan is a village in Asthawan sub-district of Nalanda district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,555 people in 358 households**, the 26th largest of 59 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 59.7%.

- 2,555people (2011)
- 358households
- 55.5%literacy
- 958females per 1,000 males

## Rajawan PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatMohammadpur
- Community development blockAsthawan
- Census village code244503

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

## How far is Rajawan from nearby towns?

- Asthawan (sub-district HQ)5 km by road
- Biharsharif (district HQ)8 km by road
- Biharsharif (nearest town)8 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 Rajawan?

15 services counted by the Census are inside Rajawan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Mohammadpur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Biharsharif
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Nawada
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps
- Electricity (2011)1 h summer · 1 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 Rajawan known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 54% of the 431 hectares of village land is sown, and 103 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 Rajawan

Of every 100 households in Rajawan in 2011, 9 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Rajawan · ■ Asthawan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**29%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**70%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****43%**

**45%

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

**4%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****54%**

**46%

Television ****7%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****38%**

**35%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Rajawan?

■ Rajawan · ■ Asthawan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.5%**

**59.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****958**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****941**

**946

Working population ****34.6%**

**33.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.9% for men and 45.8% for women. 46% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 266 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 153 (17%) · **■** Household industry 18 (2%) · **■** Other work 178 (20%) · **■** Marginal 270 (31%)

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

- Gilani2,813 people
- Malanwan2,744 people
- Shakranwan2,715 people
- Khetalpura2,590 people
- Chakdhi2,331 people
- Lakhnu Bigha2,324 people
- Benar2,070 people
- Chistipur1,945 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Rajawan from Biharsharif?8 km by road
- What is the population of Rajawan?2,555 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rajawan in?Nalanda district (Asthawan sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Rajawan?55.5% (Census 2011)