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

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Village · Ekangarsarai, Nalanda 

# Jagai

Jagai is a village in Ekangarsarai sub-district of Nalanda district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **796 people in 116 households**, the 66th largest of 88 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 796people (2011)
- 116households
- 78.7%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Jagai PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatAmnar Khas
- Community development blockEkangarsarai
- Census village code244886

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

## How far is Jagai from nearby towns?

- Ekangarsarai (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Biharsharif (district HQ)35 km by road
- Biharsharif (nearest town)35 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 Jagai?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Jagai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn 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
- ○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, covered wells, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)3 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 Jagai known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 82% of the 68 hectares of village land is sown, and 48 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 Jagai

Of every 100 households in Jagai in 2011, 0 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Jagai · ■ Ekangarsarai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**18%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**47%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**93%

Use banking services ****57%**

**58%

Television ****8%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**59%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****35%**

**27%

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 Jagai?

■ Jagai · ■ Ekangarsarai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.7%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**916

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****909**

**915

Working population ****27.5%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.7% for men and 63.8% for women. 41% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 6 (3%) · **■** Other work 31 (14%) · **■** Marginal 182 (83%)

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

- Mirzapur976 people
- Rasalpur951 people
- Korthu929 people
- Rasulpur866 people
- Atram Chak792 people
- Naraich782 people
- Chakdah748 people
- Rasulpur747 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Jagai from Biharsharif?35 km by road
- What is the population of Jagai?796 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jagai in?Nalanda district (Ekangarsarai sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Jagai?78.7% (Census 2011)