# Gheghaulia Village, Gaunaha, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Gaunaha, Pashchim Champaran 

# Gheghaulia

Gheghaulia is a village in Gaunaha sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **387 people in 74 households**, the 140th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.9%.

- 387people (2011)
- 74households
- 75.8%literacy
- 1,016females per 1,000 males

## Gheghaulia PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatDomat
- Community development blockGaunaha
- Census village code216458

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

## How far is Gheghaulia from nearby towns?

- Gaunaha (sub-district HQ)25 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)78 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 Gheghaulia?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Narkatiaganj
- ○Degree college10+ km · Narkatiaganj
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, covered wells 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 Gheghaulia known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 73% of the 142 hectares of village land is sown, and 103 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 Gheghaulia

Of every 100 households in Gheghaulia in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gheghaulia · ■ 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 ****37%**

**42%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**99%

Use banking services ****40%**

**38%

Television ****8%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**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 Gheghaulia?

■ Gheghaulia · ■ Gaunaha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.8%**

**58.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1016**

**922

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****872**

**959

Working population ****32.3%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.9% for men and 65.2% for women. 45% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 11 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 30 (24%) · **■** Household industry 2 (2%) · **■** Other work 24 (19%) · **■** Marginal 58 (46%)

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

- Gujra Motihari423 people
- Bahuarwa407 people
- Dih Jagarnathpur397 people
- Marjadi391 people
- Supaul387 people
- Bhatni377 people
- Asurari355 people
- Pakri Khurd293 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Gheghaulia from Bettiah?78 km by road
- What is the population of Gheghaulia?387 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gheghaulia in?Pashchim Champaran district (Gaunaha sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Gheghaulia?75.8% (Census 2011)