Village · Gaunaha, Pashchim Champaran
# Ban Bairia

Ban Bairia is a village in Gaunaha sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted 1,425 people in 219 households, the 53rd largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.9%.
- 1,425 people (2011)
- 219 households
- 52.6% literacy
- 966 females per 1,000 males

## Ban Bairia PIN code and other codes

Ban Bairia falls in Gaunaha sub-district, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar.
- Gram panchayat Dhamaura
- Community development block Gaunaha
- Census village code 216474

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Ban Bairia from nearby towns?
- Gaunaha (sub-district HQ) 27 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ) 69 km by road
- Narkatiyaganj (nearest town) 26 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Ban Bairia?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Ban Bairia; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Pre-primary school In village · 1 private
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Mandi / regular market In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Narkatiaganj
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Narkatiaganj
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Bettiah
- ○ Primary health centre 10+ km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Public bus service 5–10 km
- ○ Railway station 5–10 km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 5–10 km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps and canal / river

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Ban Bairia known for?

The main crops are paddy. About 44% of the 300 hectares of village land is sown, and 57 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Ban Bairia

Of every 100 households in Ban Bairia in 2011, 0 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ban Bairia · ■ Gaunaha rural average
- Electricity for lighting 0% 1%
- Toilet within the home 1% 7%
- No toilet (open defecation) 99% 92%
- Tap water 0% 1%
- Drinking water within premises 62% 42%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 0%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 99%
- Use banking services 49% 38%
- Television 12% 8%
- Mobile phone 47% 49%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 3% 6%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 33% 24%
- Own their home 100% 99%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Ban Bairia?

■ Ban Bairia · ■ Gaunaha rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 52.6% 58.9%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 966 922
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1079 959
- Working population 51.9% 41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.8% for men and 42.7% for women. 54% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 8 (1%) · ■ Farm labourers 347 (47%) · ■ Other work 1 (0%) · ■ Marginal 383 (52%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Gaunaha
- Lachhmipur 1,518 people
- Gamharia 1,468 people
- Pararauna 1,467 people
- Hardi 1,462 people
- Bhitharwa Dheri Dhenhwa 1,388 people
- Masahi 1,369 people
- Parsa 1,362 people
- Parsauni 1,342 people

All 168 villages in Gaunaha

## Quick answers
- How far is Ban Bairia from Bettiah? 69 km by road
- What is the population of Ban Bairia? 1,425 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ban Bairia in? Pashchim Champaran district (Gaunaha sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Ban Bairia? 52.6% (Census 2011)

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