# Bhakhri Village, Noorsarai, Nalanda (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Noorsarai, Nalanda 

# Bhakhri

Bhakhri is a village in Noorsarai sub-district of Nalanda district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,168 people in 202 households**, the 47th largest of 60 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.4%.

- 1,168people (2011)
- 202households
- 54.2%literacy
- 854females per 1,000 males

## Bhakhri PIN code and other codes

Bhakhri falls in Noorsarai sub-district, Nalanda district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatMeyar
- Community development blockNoorsarai
- Census village code244649

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

## How far is Bhakhri from nearby towns?

- Noorsarai (sub-district HQ)6 km by road
- Biharsharif (district HQ)10 km by road
- Biharsharif (nearest town)10 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 Bhakhri?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Noorsarai
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Sohsarai
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Hilsa
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ 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, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)4 h summer · 3 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 Bhakhri known for?

The main crops are **paddy and wheat**. About 100% of the 137 hectares of village land is sown, and 137 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 Bhakhri

Of every 100 households in Bhakhri in 2011, 10 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bhakhri · ■ Noorsarai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**74%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**39%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**92%

Use banking services ****69%**

**47%

Television ****12%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****40%**

**34%

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 Bhakhri?

■ Bhakhri · ■ Noorsarai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.2%**

**64.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****854**

**924

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****800**

**932

Working population ****44.3%**

**36.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.0% for men and 47.6% for women. 49% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 55 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 211 (41%) · **■** Other work 13 (3%) · **■** Marginal 239 (46%)

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 Noorsarai

- Sherpur1,380 people
- Kakhra1,362 people
- Lohri1,279 people
- Budhaul1,172 people
- Mustafapur1,136 people
- Chak Chandasi1,113 people
- Kishunpur1,001 people
- Kakaila930 people

[All 62 villages in Noorsarai](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/nalanda/noorsarai/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Bhakhri from Biharsharif?10 km by road
- What is the population of Bhakhri?1,168 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhakhri in?Nalanda district (Noorsarai sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Bhakhri?54.2% (Census 2011)