# Dosut Village, Rahui, Nalanda (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Rahui, Nalanda 

# Dosut

Dosut is a village in Rahui sub-district of Nalanda district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **7,062 people in 1,078 households**, the 2nd largest of 61 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 61.4%.

- 7,062people (2011)
- 1,078households
- 49.2%literacy
- 974females per 1,000 males

## Dosut PIN code and other codes

Dosut falls in Rahui sub-district, Nalanda district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatDosut
- Community development blockRahui
- Census village code244393

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

## How far is Dosut from nearby towns?

- Rahui (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Biharsharif (district HQ)18 km by road
- Biharsharif (nearest town)18 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 Dosut?

15 services counted by the Census are inside Dosut; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 5 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Habanpura
- ○Degree college10+ km · Biharsharif
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Harnaut
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- 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 Dosut known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 54% of the 549 hectares of village land is sown, and 294 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 Dosut

Of every 100 households in Dosut in 2011, 11 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dosut · ■ Rahui rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**75%

Tap water ****3%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**39%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**92%

Use banking services ****31%**

**47%

Television ****14%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****45%**

**41%

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 Dosut?

■ Dosut · ■ Rahui rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.2%**

**61.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****974**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1023**

**934

Working population ****34.6%**

**34.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.5% for men and 35.3% for women. 46% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 844 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 656 (27%) · **■** Household industry 11 (0%) · **■** Other work 202 (8%) · **■** Marginal 731 (30%)

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 Rahui

- Rahui10,687 people
- Imamganj6,749 people
- Uttarnawan6,460 people
- Moratalao5,890 people
- Barandi5,875 people

[All 66 villages in Rahui](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/nalanda/rahui/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Dosut from Biharsharif?18 km by road
- What is the population of Dosut?7,062 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dosut in?Nalanda district (Rahui sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Dosut?49.2% (Census 2011)