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

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Village · Harnaut, Nalanda 

# Pakar

Pakar is a village in Harnaut sub-district of Nalanda district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,063 people in 354 households**, the 28th largest of 66 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 61.4%.

- 2,063people (2011)
- 354households
- 50.7%literacy
- 908females per 1,000 males

## Pakar PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatPakar
- Community development blockHarnaut
- Census village code244222

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

## How far is Pakar from nearby towns?

- Harnaut (sub-district HQ)32 km by road
- Biharsharif (district HQ)55 km by road
- Biharsharif (nearest town)55 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 Pakar?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Pakar; 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 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Surhari
- ○Degree college10+ km · Harnaut
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kalyanbigha
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)4 h summer · 4 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 Pakar known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 83% of the 298 hectares of village land is sown, and 78 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 Pakar

Of every 100 households in Pakar in 2011, 17 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pakar · ■ Harnaut rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**14%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**29%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**69%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

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

**42%

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

**6%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****50%**

**50%

Television ****4%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**35%

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 Pakar?

■ Pakar · ■ Harnaut rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.7%**

**61.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****908**

**904

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****929**

**938

Working population ****36.6%**

**37.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.2% for men and 35.9% for women. 44% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 109 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 121 (16%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 306 (41%) · **■** Marginal 212 (28%)

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

- Longhaura2,337 people
- Ramsingh2,328 people
- Bafniwan2,237 people
- Sirsi2,182 people
- kharthua1,896 people
- Sherpur1,801 people
- Daili1,749 people
- Berhna1,745 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Pakar from Biharsharif?55 km by road
- What is the population of Pakar?2,063 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pakar in?Nalanda district (Harnaut sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Pakar?50.7% (Census 2011)