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

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Village · Karai Parsurai, Nalanda 

# Sandh

Sandh is a village in Karai Parsurai sub-district of Nalanda district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **3,800 people in 566 households**, the 5th largest of 45 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 56.5%.

- 3,800people (2011)
- 566households
- 57.6%literacy
- 925females per 1,000 males

## Sandh PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatSandh
- Community development blockKarai Parsurai
- Census village code244142

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

## How far is Sandh from nearby towns?

- Karai Parsurai (sub-district HQ)6 km by road
- Biharsharif (district HQ)56 km by road
- Hilsa (nearest town)14 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 Sandh?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Sandh; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

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

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Lodipur Usmanpur
- ○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) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps 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 Sandh known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 97% of the 226 hectares of village land is sown, and 220 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 Sandh

Of every 100 households in Sandh in 2011, 2 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Sandh · ■ Karai Parsurai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**78%

Tap water ****2%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**40%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****49%**

**46%

Television ****2%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**2%

None of these assets ****34%**

**37%

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 Sandh?

■ Sandh · ■ Karai Parsurai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.6%**

**56.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****925**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****948**

**950

Working population ****35.7%**

**42.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.3% for men and 46.0% for women. 46% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 457 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 382 (28%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 268 (20%) · **■** Marginal 239 (18%)

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

- Berthu6,565 people
- Parsarai5,288 people
- Karai4,982 people
- Makhdumpur4,670 people
- Diawan3,598 people
- Makrauta3,148 people
- Gondu Bigha2,744 people
- Chand Kura2,420 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Sandh from Biharsharif?56 km by road
- What is the population of Sandh?3,800 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sandh in?Nalanda district (Karai Parsurai sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Sandh?57.6% (Census 2011)