# Pachaura Village, Harnaut, Nalanda (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Harnaut, Nalanda 

# Pachaura

Pachaura is a village in Harnaut sub-district of Nalanda district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **3,264 people in 421 households**, the 18th largest of 66 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 61.4%.

- 3,264people (2011)
- 421households
- 60.7%literacy
- 899females per 1,000 males

## Pachaura PIN code and other codes

Pachaura falls in Harnaut sub-district, Nalanda district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatPachaura
- Community development blockHarnaut
- Census village code244262

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

## How far is Pachaura from nearby towns?

- Harnaut (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Biharsharif (district HQ)22 km by road
- Biharsharif (nearest town)22 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 Pachaura?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Cheran
- ○Degree college10+ km · Biharsharif
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Noorsarai
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)4 h summer · 6 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 Pachaura known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 90% of the 330 hectares of village land is sown, and 162 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 Pachaura

Of every 100 households in Pachaura in 2011, 5 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Pachaura · ■ Harnaut rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**14%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**29%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**69%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

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

**42%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****75%**

**90%

Use banking services ****56%**

**50%

Television ****15%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****8%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**35%

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 Pachaura?

■ Pachaura · ■ Harnaut rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.7%**

**61.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****899**

**904

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****863**

**938

Working population ****46.8%**

**37.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.6% for men and 48.6% for women. 50% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 328 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 521 (34%) · **■** Household industry 13 (1%) · **■** Other work 120 (8%) · **■** Marginal 546 (36%)

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 Harnaut

- Chauria3,978 people
- Murhari3,892 people
- Kichni3,724 people
- Nehusa3,532 people
- Gokhulpur3,085 people
- Tira3,055 people
- Mohammadpur Dhimoe2,525 people
- Srichandpur2,520 people

[All 81 villages in Harnaut](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/nalanda/harnaut/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Pachaura from Biharsharif?22 km by road
- What is the population of Pachaura?3,264 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pachaura in?Nalanda district (Harnaut sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Pachaura?60.7% (Census 2011)