# Gauri Village, Chandi, Nalanda (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Chandi, Nalanda 

# Gauri

Gauri is a village in Chandi sub-district of Nalanda district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,358 people in 396 households**, the 20th largest of 66 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.9%.

- 2,358people (2011)
- 396households
- 52.6%literacy
- 998females per 1,000 males

## Gauri PIN code and other codes

Gauri falls in Chandi sub-district, Nalanda district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatMahkar
- Community development blockChandi
- Census village code244298

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

## How far is Gauri from nearby towns?

- Chandi (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Biharsharif (district HQ)30 km by road
- Hilsa (nearest town)30 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 Gauri?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Gauri; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Chandi
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Chandi
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Harnaut
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes

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 Gauri known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 63% of the 173 hectares of village land is sown, and 82 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 Gauri

Of every 100 households in Gauri in 2011, 2 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gauri · ■ Chandi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**8%

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

**25%

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

**74%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**37%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**92%

Use banking services ****30%**

**50%

Television ****14%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****36%**

**33%

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 Gauri?

■ Gauri · ■ Chandi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.6%**

**64.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****998**

**923

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1048**

**940

Working population ****45.3%**

**38.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.9% for men and 40.0% for women. 49% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 108 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 810 (76%) · **■** Household industry 14 (1%) · **■** Other work 52 (5%) · **■** Marginal 84 (8%)

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 Chandi

- Birnawan2,976 people
- Gangaura2,967 people
- Mahkar2,469 people
- Salehpur2,469 people
- Kalianpur Bali2,313 people
- Satnag2,185 people
- Beldhana2,068 people
- Naili1,990 people

[All 71 villages in Chandi](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/nalanda/chandi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Gauri from Biharsharif?30 km by road
- What is the population of Gauri?2,358 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gauri in?Nalanda district (Chandi sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Gauri?52.6% (Census 2011)