# Amat Village, Karai Parsurai, Nalanda (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Karai Parsurai, Nalanda 

# Amat

Amat is a village in Karai Parsurai sub-district of Nalanda district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **958 people in 157 households**, the 25th largest of 45 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 38.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 56.5%.

- 958people (2011)
- 157households
- 38.6%literacy
- 996females per 1,000 males

## Amat PIN code and other codes

Amat falls in Karai Parsurai sub-district, Nalanda district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatGondubigha
- Community development blockKarai Parsurai
- Census village code244130

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

## How far is Amat from nearby towns?

- Karai Parsurai (sub-district HQ)23 km by road
- Biharsharif (district HQ)51 km by road
- Hilsa (nearest town)20 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 Amat?

4 services counted by the Census are inside Amat; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Nirpa
- ○Degree college10+ km · Hilsa
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Karai Parsurai
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river

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 Amat known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 93% of the 108 hectares of village land is sown, and 98 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 Amat

Of every 100 households in Amat in 2011, 6 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 90 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Amat · ■ Karai Parsurai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**78%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****79%**

**40%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****44%**

**46%

Television ****23%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****90%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**3%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****9%**

**37%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Amat?

■ Amat · ■ Karai Parsurai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****38.6%**

**56.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****996**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1086**

**950

Working population ****80.2%**

**42.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 45.7% for men and 31.3% for women. 80% of men and 80% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 143 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 561 (73%) · **■** Other work 3 (0%) · **■** Marginal 61 (8%)

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 Karai Parsurai

- Milik Hunrari1,238 people
- Rasulpur1,233 people
- Berawan1,064 people
- Farashpur1,017 people
- Mohiuddinpur923 people
- GulariaBigha915 people
- Salempur907 people
- Malikpur823 people

[All 45 villages in Karai Parsurai](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/nalanda/karai-parsurai/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Amat from Biharsharif?51 km by road
- What is the population of Amat?958 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amat in?Nalanda district (Karai Parsurai sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Amat?38.6% (Census 2011)