# Dhanauji Village, Gaunaha, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Gaunaha, Pashchim Champaran 

# Dhanauji

Dhanauji is a village in Gaunaha sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,186 people in 230 households**, the 65th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 58.9%.

- 1,186people (2011)
- 230households
- 59.8%literacy
- 919females per 1,000 males

## Dhanauji PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatDhanauji
- Community development blockGaunaha
- Census village code216441

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

## How far is Dhanauji from nearby towns?

- Gaunaha (sub-district HQ)16 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)56 km by road
- Narkatiyaganj (nearest town)19 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 Dhanauji?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Dhanauji; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn 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
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ 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 Dhanauji known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 63% of the 216 hectares of village land is sown, and 89 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 Dhanauji

Of every 100 households in Dhanauji in 2011, 0 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dhanauji · ■ Gaunaha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****59%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**42%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**99%

Use banking services ****34%**

**38%

Television ****14%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**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 Dhanauji?

■ Dhanauji · ■ Gaunaha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.8%**

**58.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****919**

**922

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1078**

**959

Working population ****46.0%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.7% for men and 48.6% for women. 52% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 18 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 179 (33%) · **■** Other work 14 (3%) · **■** Marginal 335 (61%)

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

- Patkhauli1,246 people
- Harpur1,203 people
- Balua1,201 people
- Majharia1,188 people
- Rajpur1,174 people
- Sonbarsa1,170 people
- Harpur1,136 people
- Mitni1,133 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Dhanauji from Bettiah?56 km by road
- What is the population of Dhanauji?1,186 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhanauji in?Pashchim Champaran district (Gaunaha sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Dhanauji?59.8% (Census 2011)