# Dhawan Village, Ekangarsarai, Nalanda (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Ekangarsarai, Nalanda 

# Dhawan

Dhawan is a village in Ekangarsarai sub-district of Nalanda district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,900 people in 314 households**, the 30th largest of 88 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 1,900people (2011)
- 314households
- 82.5%literacy
- 915females per 1,000 males

## Dhawan PIN code and other codes

Dhawan falls in Ekangarsarai sub-district, Nalanda district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatEkangarsarai
- Community development blockEkangarsarai
- Census village code244881

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

## How far is Dhawan from nearby towns?

- Ekangarsarai (sub-district HQ)1 km by road
- Biharsharif (district HQ)30 km by road
- Biharsharif (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 Dhawan?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Ekangsarai
- ○Degree college5–10 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
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- 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 Dhawan known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 84% of the 121 hectares of village land is sown, and 36 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 Dhawan

Of every 100 households in Dhawan in 2011, 63 had electricity, 50 a toilet at home and 28 cooked with LPG; 89 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dhawan · ■ Ekangarsarai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****63%**

**18%

Toilet within the home ****50%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****49%**

**75%

Tap water ****5%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****86%**

**47%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****28%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****71%**

**93%

Use banking services ****89%**

**58%

Television ****53%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****89%**

**59%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****6%**

**27%

Own their home ****91%**

**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 Dhawan?

■ Dhawan · ■ Ekangarsarai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.5%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****915**

**916

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****702**

**915

Working population ****51.4%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.6% for men and 75.1% for women. 51% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 214 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 332 (34%) · **■** Household industry 64 (7%) · **■** Other work 101 (10%) · **■** Marginal 266 (27%)

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

- Mozafrabad2,205 people
- Chamehra2,094 people
- Lodipur1,923 people
- Lodipur1,913 people
- Lodipuer1,898 people
- Rasulpur1,876 people
- Mai1,851 people
- Raksa1,834 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Dhawan from Biharsharif?30 km by road
- What is the population of Dhawan?1,900 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhawan in?Nalanda district (Ekangarsarai sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Dhawan?82.5% (Census 2011)