# Bans Bigha Village, Ekangarsarai, Nalanda (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Ekangarsarai, Nalanda 

# Bans Bigha

Bans Bigha is a village in Ekangarsarai sub-district of Nalanda district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **734 people in 122 households**, the 73rd largest of 88 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 734people (2011)
- 122households
- 63.8%literacy
- 872females per 1,000 males

## Bans Bigha PIN code and other codes

Bans Bigha falls in Ekangarsarai sub-district, Nalanda district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatJamuawan
- Community development blockEkangarsarai
- Census village code244892

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

## How far is Bans Bigha from nearby towns?

- Ekangarsarai (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Biharsharif (district HQ)34 km by road
- Biharsharif (nearest town)34 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 Bans Bigha?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Bans Bigha; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●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 schoolunder 5 km · Aungari
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Aungari
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Hilsa
- ○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 bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and canal / river
- 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 Bans Bigha known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 77% of the 46 hectares of village land is sown, and 30 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 Bans Bigha

Of every 100 households in Bans Bigha in 2011, 39 had electricity, 40 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bans Bigha · ■ Ekangarsarai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**18%

Toilet within the home ****40%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****60%**

**75%

Tap water ****4%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****39%**

**47%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**93%

Use banking services ****46%**

**58%

Television ****7%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****63%**

**59%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****25%**

**27%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Bans Bigha?

■ Bans Bigha · ■ Ekangarsarai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.8%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****872**

**916

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****767**

**915

Working population ****29.8%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.0% for men and 46.9% for women. 44% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 23 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 114 (52%) · **■** Household industry 8 (4%) · **■** Other work 65 (30%) · **■** Marginal 9 (4%)

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 Ekangarsarai

- Chakdah748 people
- Rasulpur747 people
- Bhanu Bigha742 people
- Badalpur738 people
- Sultanpur691 people
- Bazidpur685 people
- Jahan Chak604 people
- Ranipur604 people

[All 89 villages in Ekangarsarai](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/nalanda/ekangarsarai/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Bans Bigha from Biharsharif?34 km by road
- What is the population of Bans Bigha?734 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bans Bigha in?Nalanda district (Ekangarsarai sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Bans Bigha?63.8% (Census 2011)