# Botgonw Village, Gaunaha, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Gaunaha, Pashchim Champaran 

# Botgonw

Botgonw is a village in Gaunaha sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **242 people in 48 households**, the 145th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.9%.

- 242people (2011)
- 48households
- 78.2%literacy
- 967females per 1,000 males

## Botgonw PIN code and other codes

Botgonw falls in Gaunaha sub-district, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatDomat
- Community development blockGaunaha
- Census village code216457

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

## How far is Botgonw from nearby towns?

- Gaunaha (sub-district HQ)30 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)72 km by road
- Narkatiyaganj (nearest town)23 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 Botgonw?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Botgonw; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Narkatiaganj
- ○Degree college10+ km · Narkatiaganj
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water and hand 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 Botgonw known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 70% of the 83 hectares of village land is sown, and 58 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 Botgonw

Of every 100 households in Botgonw in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Botgonw · ■ Gaunaha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

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

**7%

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

**92%

Tap water ****2%**

**1%

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

**42%

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

**0%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****4%**

**38%

Television ****23%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Botgonw?

■ Botgonw · ■ Gaunaha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.2%**

**58.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****967**

**922

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**959

Working population ****25.2%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.0% for men and 66.0% for women. 40% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 23 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 32 (52%) · **■** Other work 3 (5%) · **■** Marginal 3 (5%)

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 Gaunaha

- Supaul387 people
- Bhatni377 people
- Asurari355 people
- Pakri Khurd293 people
- Bairia229 people
- Sisai217 people
- Jamunia215 people
- Tara212 people

[All 168 villages in Gaunaha](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/pashchim-champaran/gaunaha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Botgonw from Bettiah?72 km by road
- What is the population of Botgonw?242 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Botgonw in?Pashchim Champaran district (Gaunaha sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Botgonw?78.2% (Census 2011)