# Pojh Village, Sarmera, Nalanda (Bihar) – PIN Code & Facilities

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Village · Sarmera, Nalanda 

# Pojh

Pojh is a village in Sarmera sub-district of Nalanda district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **566 people in 98 households**, the 24th largest of 29 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 55.1%.

- 566people (2011)
- 98households
- 65.7%literacy
- 1,112females per 1,000 males

## Pojh PIN code and other codes

Pojh falls in Sarmera sub-district, Nalanda district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatMalawan
- Community development blockSarmera
- Census village code244480

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

## How far is Pojh from nearby towns?

- Sarmera (sub-district HQ)7 km by road
- Biharsharif (district HQ)40 km by road
- Barbigha (nearest town)11 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 Pojh?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Pojh; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Asthawan
- ○Degree college10+ km · Biharsharif
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Nawada
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)2 h summer · 1 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 Pojh known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 93% of the 65 hectares of village land is sown, and 50 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 Pojh

Of every 100 households in Pojh in 2011, 1 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Pojh · ■ Sarmera rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**5%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**80%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****33%**

**39%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****46%**

**38%

Television ****39%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**51%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**38%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Pojh?

■ Pojh · ■ Sarmera rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.7%**

**55.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1112**

**919

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1170**

**926

Working population ****34.8%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.2% for men and 53.5% for women. 48% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 10 (5%) · **■** Marginal 186 (94%)

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 Sarmera

- Sondiha1,186 people
- Kazi Chak984 people
- Jagjiwanpur696 people
- Sekhra674 people
- Moti Bigha466 people
- Samastipur449 people
- Fatehpur Dumra446 people
- Misia404 people

[All 35 villages in Sarmera](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/nalanda/sarmera/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Pojh from Biharsharif?40 km by road
- What is the population of Pojh?566 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pojh in?Nalanda district (Sarmera sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Pojh?65.7% (Census 2011)