# Goithahi Village, Gaunaha, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Gaunaha, Pashchim Champaran 

# Goithahi

Goithahi is a village in Gaunaha sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **870 people in 142 households**, the 96th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 58.9%.

- 870people (2011)
- 142households
- 58.2%literacy
- 929females per 1,000 males

## Goithahi PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatLachhnauta
- Community development blockGaunaha
- Census village code216392

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

## How far is Goithahi from nearby towns?

- Gaunaha (sub-district HQ)14 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)50 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 Goithahi?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Goithahi; 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 private
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn 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 centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river

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 Goithahi known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 67% of the 384 hectares of village land is sown, and 114 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 Goithahi

Of every 100 households in Goithahi in 2011, 0 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Goithahi · ■ Gaunaha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**42%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**99%

Use banking services ****25%**

**38%

Television ****6%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****33%**

**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 Goithahi?

■ Goithahi · ■ Gaunaha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.2%**

**58.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****929**

**922

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****864**

**959

Working population ****54.8%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.6% for men and 42.0% for women. 55% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 47 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 191 (40%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 15 (3%) · **■** Marginal 222 (47%)

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

- Mandiha908 people
- Balia906 people
- Bairatwa895 people
- Balwal872 people
- Mehnaul Khurd859 people
- Sarpharwa857 people
- Betahania845 people
- Piparia842 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Goithahi from Bettiah?50 km by road
- What is the population of Goithahi?870 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Goithahi in?Pashchim Champaran district (Gaunaha sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Goithahi?58.2% (Census 2011)