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

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Village · Gobindpur, Nawada 

# Ghanta

Ghanta is a village in Gobindpur sub-district of Nawada district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **189 people in 38 households**, the 63rd largest of 64 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.1%.

- 189people (2011)
- 38households
- 67.1%literacy
- 989females per 1,000 males

## Ghanta PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatBaksoti
- Community development blockGobindpur
- Census village code257891

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

## How far is Ghanta from nearby towns?

- Gobindpur (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Nawada (district HQ)16 km by road
- Nawada (nearest town)16 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 Ghanta?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Ghanta; 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
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Dumri
- ○Degree college10+ km · Nawada
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Nawada
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes

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 Ghanta known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 83% of the 73 hectares of village land is sown, and 48 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 Ghanta

Of every 100 households in Ghanta in 2011, 0 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ghanta · ■ Gobindpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**36%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****81%**

**96%

Use banking services ****17%**

**42%

Television ****5%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****67%**

**37%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Ghanta?

■ Ghanta · ■ Gobindpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.1%**

**58.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****989**

**969

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1083**

**966

Working population ****28.0%**

**35.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.1% for men and 63.0% for women. 42% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 16 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (21%) · **■** Marginal 26 (49%)

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

- Dulardih240 people
- Alipur221 people
- Jaipur221 people
- Kasikhati191 people
- Kumhar Bigaha178 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Ghanta from Nawada?16 km by road
- What is the population of Ghanta?189 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghanta in?Nawada district (Gobindpur sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Ghanta?67.1% (Census 2011)