# Kohargari Village, Gaunaha, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Gaunaha, Pashchim Champaran 

# Kohargari

Kohargari is a village in Gaunaha sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,739 people in 303 households**, the 37th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.9%.

- 1,739people (2011)
- 303households
- 66.7%literacy
- 981females per 1,000 males

## Kohargari PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatBhitharwa
- Community development blockGaunaha
- Census village code216369

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

## How far is Kohargari from nearby towns?

- Gaunaha (sub-district HQ)17 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)56 km by road
- Narkatiyaganj (nearest town)18 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 Kohargari?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Kohargari; 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 · 2 govt
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Jamunia
- ○Degree college10+ km · Nerkatiaganj
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 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 Kohargari known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 79% of the 241 hectares of village land is sown, and 107 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 Kohargari

Of every 100 households in Kohargari in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kohargari · ■ 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 ****50%**

**42%

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

**0%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****56%**

**38%

Television ****11%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**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 Kohargari?

■ Kohargari · ■ Gaunaha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.7%**

**58.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****981**

**922

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1052**

**959

Working population ****50.1%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.4% for men and 53.5% for women. 54% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 11 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 571 (66%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 9 (1%) · **■** Marginal 278 (32%)

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

- Kamta1,780 people
- Pahkaul1,772 people
- Mandiha1,755 people
- Dumri1,739 people
- Bendauli1,710 people
- Turkaulia1,694 people
- Mahuawa Bhaisa1,688 people
- Masjidwa1,688 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Kohargari from Bettiah?56 km by road
- What is the population of Kohargari?1,739 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kohargari in?Pashchim Champaran district (Gaunaha sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Kohargari?66.7% (Census 2011)