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

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Village · Nardiganj, Nawada 

# Chourma

Chourma is a village in Nardiganj sub-district of Nawada district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **550 people in 85 households**, the 48th largest of 54 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 55.1%.

- 550people (2011)
- 85households
- 79.3%literacy
- 890females per 1,000 males

## Chourma PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatPasai
- Community development blockNardiganj
- Census village code257476

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

## How far is Chourma from nearby towns?

- Nardiganj (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Nawada (district HQ)14 km by road
- Nawada (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 Chourma?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National 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 · Nardiganj
- ○Degree college10+ km · Hisua
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Nawada
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps 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 Chourma known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 78% of the 121 hectares of village land is sown, and 32 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 Chourma

Of every 100 households in Chourma in 2011, 78 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chourma · ■ Nardiganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****78%**

**5%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**85%

Tap water ****71%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**40%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****6%**

**32%

Television ****13%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****51%**

**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 Chourma?

■ Chourma · ■ Nardiganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.3%**

**55.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****890**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****944**

**949

Working population ****28.0%**

**41.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.7% for men and 88.0% for women. 51% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 4 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (2%) · **■** Other work 3 (2%) · **■** Marginal 144 (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 Nardiganj

- Deali Bigha759 people
- Baguli717 people
- Qazi Bigha693 people
- Dariyapur598 people
- Khushihal Bigha472 people
- Adampur411 people
- Jagdishpur359 people
- Nandgram328 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Chourma from Nawada?14 km by road
- What is the population of Chourma?550 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chourma in?Nawada district (Nardiganj sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Chourma?79.3% (Census 2011)