# Pharaha Village, Akbarpur, Nawada (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Akbarpur, Nawada 

# Pharaha

Pharaha is a village in Akbarpur sub-district of Nawada district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **10,113 people in 1,519 households**, the 1st largest of 145 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.9%.

- 10,113people (2011)
- 1,519households
- 55.9%literacy
- 934females per 1,000 males

## Pharaha PIN code and other codes

Pharaha falls in Akbarpur sub-district, Nawada district, Bihar.

- Community development blockAkbarpur
- Census village code258083

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

## How far is Pharaha from nearby towns?

- Akbarpur (sub-district HQ)11 km by road
- Nawada (district HQ)6 km by road
- Nawada (nearest town)6 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 Pharaha?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Pharaha; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 4 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Nawada
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Nawada
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Nawada
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)3 h summer · 5 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 Pharaha known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 69% of the 481 hectares of village land is sown, and 330 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 Pharaha

Of every 100 households in Pharaha in 2011, 26 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pharaha · ■ Akbarpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**6%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**80%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****42%**

**38%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**91%

Use banking services ****32%**

**32%

Television ****13%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**40%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Pharaha?

■ Pharaha · ■ Akbarpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.9%**

**60.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****934**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****967**

**950

Working population ****31.6%**

**38.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.8% for men and 44.3% for women. 44% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 748 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 556 (17%) · **■** Household industry 95 (3%) · **■** Other work 974 (30%) · **■** Marginal 823 (26%)

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 Akbarpur

- Pachrukhi7,688 people
- Bhanail Lodipur6,749 people
- Barew6,713 people
- Baliya Buzurg5,560 people

[All 157 villages in Akbarpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/nawada/akbarpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Pharaha from Nawada?6 km by road
- What is the population of Pharaha?10,113 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pharaha in?Nawada district (Akbarpur sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Pharaha?55.9% (Census 2011)