# Gawnaha Village, Gaunaha, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Gaunaha, Pashchim Champaran 

# Gawnaha

Gawnaha is a village in Gaunaha sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **934 people in 157 households**, the 89th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 58.9%.

- 934people (2011)
- 157households
- 58.5%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Gawnaha PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatJamunia
- Community development blockGaunaha
- Census village code216470

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

## How far is Gawnaha from nearby towns?

- Gaunaha (sub-district HQ)13 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)65 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 Gawnaha?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Gawnaha; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

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

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Jamunia
- ○Degree college10+ km · Narkatiaganj
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 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 Gawnaha known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 90% of the 43 hectares of village land is sown, and 16 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 Gawnaha

Of every 100 households in Gawnaha in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gawnaha · ■ Gaunaha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

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

**7%

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

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**42%

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

**0%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****21%**

**38%

Television ****8%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**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 Gawnaha?

■ Gawnaha · ■ Gaunaha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.5%**

**58.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**922

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****886**

**959

Working population ****52.0%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.1% for men and 47.1% for women. 51% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 3 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 103 (21%) · **■** Other work 15 (3%) · **■** Marginal 365 (75%)

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

- Sherpur984 people
- Chhitmi951 people
- Basantpur948 people
- Serahwa948 people
- Matihani928 people
- Mahuawa925 people
- Mandiha908 people
- Balia906 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Gawnaha from Bettiah?65 km by road
- What is the population of Gawnaha?934 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gawnaha in?Pashchim Champaran district (Gaunaha sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Gawnaha?58.5% (Census 2011)