# Charihani Village, Gaunaha, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Gaunaha, Pashchim Champaran 

# Charihani

Charihani is a village in Gaunaha sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **538 people in 94 households**, the 128th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 58.9%.

- 538people (2011)
- 94households
- 57.3%literacy
- 935females per 1,000 males

## Charihani PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatDaraul
- Community development blockGaunaha
- Census village code216482

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

## How far is Charihani from nearby towns?

- Gaunaha (sub-district HQ)16 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)54 km by road
- Narkatiyaganj (nearest town)22 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 Charihani?

1 services counted by the Census are inside Charihani; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Ekdarwa
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Narkatiaganj
- ○Degree college10+ km · Narkatiaganj
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand 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 Charihani known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 78% of the 122 hectares of village land is sown, and 87 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 Charihani

Of every 100 households in Charihani in 2011, 4 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Charihani · ■ Gaunaha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**1%

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

**7%

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

**92%

Tap water ****2%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**42%

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

**0%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****12%**

**38%

Television ****1%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****4%**

**24%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Charihani?

■ Charihani · ■ Gaunaha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.3%**

**58.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****935**

**922

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1268**

**959

Working population ****39.6%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.2% for men and 52.9% for women. 47% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 17 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 75 (35%) · **■** Other work 19 (9%) · **■** Marginal 102 (48%)

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

- Bishunpurwa619 people
- Kauaha566 people
- Rampurwa551 people
- Itwa539 people
- Balua533 people
- Bhatujhila518 people
- Bishunpurwa518 people
- Ajhia Serwa499 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Charihani from Bettiah?54 km by road
- What is the population of Charihani?538 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Charihani in?Pashchim Champaran district (Gaunaha sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Charihani?57.3% (Census 2011)