# Jamunia Village, Gaunaha, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Gaunaha, Pashchim Champaran 

# Jamunia

Jamunia is a village in Gaunaha sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **215 people in 48 households**, the 148th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 45.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.9%.

- 215people (2011)
- 48households
- 45.3%literacy
- 838females per 1,000 males

## Jamunia PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatMahui
- Community development blockGaunaha
- Census village code216325

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

## How far is Jamunia from nearby towns?

- Gaunaha (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)66 km by road
- Narkatiyaganj (nearest town)17 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 Jamunia?

21 services counted by the Census are inside Jamunia; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 2 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 2 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Narkatiaganj
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ 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 Jamunia known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 48% of the 241 hectares of village land is sown, and 34 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 Jamunia

Of every 100 households in Jamunia in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jamunia · ■ 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 ****46%**

**42%

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

**0%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****0%**

**38%

Television ****0%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****56%**

**24%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Jamunia?

■ Jamunia · ■ Gaunaha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****45.3%**

**58.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****838**

**922

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****675**

**959

Working population ****49.3%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.0% for men and 28.2% for women. 48% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 3 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 52 (49%) · **■** Other work 3 (3%) · **■** Marginal 48 (45%)

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

- Pakri Khurd293 people
- Botgonw242 people
- Bairia229 people
- Sisai217 people
- Tara212 people
- Shajahanpur206 people
- Jaria196 people
- Hasti Bairia116 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Jamunia from Bettiah?66 km by road
- What is the population of Jamunia?215 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jamunia in?Pashchim Champaran district (Gaunaha sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Jamunia?45.3% (Census 2011)
