# Biku Village, Nardiganj, Nawada (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Nardiganj, Nawada 

# Biku

Biku is a village in Nardiganj sub-district of Nawada district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,554 people in 363 households**, the 18th largest of 54 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 55.1%.

- 2,554people (2011)
- 363households
- 52.9%literacy
- 939females per 1,000 males

## Biku PIN code and other codes

Biku falls in Nardiganj sub-district, Nawada district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatWoro
- Community development blockNardiganj
- Census village code257453

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

## How far is Biku from nearby towns?

- Nardiganj (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Nawada (district HQ)22 km by road
- Hisua (nearest town)14 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 Biku?

14 services counted by the Census are inside Biku; 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 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Nardiganj
- ○Degree college10+ km · Hisua
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Nawada
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)6 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 Biku known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 71% of the 323 hectares of village land is sown, and 124 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 Biku

Of every 100 households in Biku in 2011, 0 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Biku · ■ Nardiganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**5%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**94%

Use banking services ****27%**

**32%

Television ****6%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****46%**

**41%

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 Biku?

■ Biku · ■ Nardiganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.9%**

**55.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****939**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****877**

**949

Working population ****49.1%**

**41.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.2% for men and 46.3% for women. 55% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 154 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 260 (21%) · **■** Household industry 34 (3%) · **■** Other work 153 (12%) · **■** Marginal 653 (52%)

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 Nardiganj

- Sandohro2,884 people
- Panrupa2,735 people
- Pakariya2,656 people
- Kujha2,615 people
- Phaldu2,530 people
- Anarpur Pakariya2,330 people
- Bhadaur2,195 people
- Ichua Karna2,115 people

[All 55 villages in Nardiganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/nawada/nardiganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Biku from Nawada?22 km by road
- What is the population of Biku?2,554 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Biku in?Nawada district (Nardiganj sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Biku?52.9% (Census 2011)