# Gear Village, Gobindpur, Nawada (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Gobindpur, Nawada 

# Gear

Gear is a village in Gobindpur sub-district of Nawada district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **268 people in 46 households**, the 58th largest of 64 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.1%.

- 268people (2011)
- 46households
- 71.2%literacy
- 848females per 1,000 males

## Gear PIN code and other codes

Gear falls in Gobindpur sub-district, Nawada district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBudwara
- Community development blockGobindpur
- Census village code257923

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

## How far is Gear from nearby towns?

- Gobindpur (sub-district HQ)14 km by road
- Nawada (district HQ)29 km by road
- Nawada (nearest town)29 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 Gear?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Gear; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Sughri
- ○Degree college10+ km · Nawada
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Nawada
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps

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 Gear known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 35% of the 53 hectares of village land is sown, and 12 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 Gear

Of every 100 households in Gear in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gear · ■ Gobindpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**36%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****26%**

**42%

Television ****0%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**0%

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

**37%

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 Gear?

■ Gear · ■ Gobindpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.2%**

**58.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****848**

**969

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****615**

**966

Working population ****22.8%**

**35.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.0% for men and 57.0% for women. 39% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 19 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 17 (28%) · **■** Other work 11 (18%) · **■** Marginal 14 (23%)

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 Gobindpur

- Garandih455 people
- Belarua424 people
- Barhai Bigha408 people
- Karahra383 people
- Dulardih240 people
- Alipur221 people
- Jaipur221 people
- Kasikhati191 people

[All 73 villages in Gobindpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/nawada/gobindpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Gear from Nawada?29 km by road
- What is the population of Gear?268 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gear in?Nawada district (Gobindpur sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Gear?71.2% (Census 2011)